- ten|dril
- ten|dril «TEHN druhl», noun.1. a twisting, threadlike part of a climbing plant that attaches itself to something and helps support the plant.2. something similar: »
curly tendrils of hair.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ten|dril
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ten|dril|lar — «TEHN druh luhr», adjective. 1. full of tendrils. 2. resembling a tendril … Useful english dictionary
ten|dril|ous — «TEHN druh luhs», adjective. = tendrillar. (Cf. ↑tendrillar) … Useful english dictionary
ten·dril — /ˈtɛndrəl/ noun, pl drils [count] 1 : the thin stem of a climbing plant that attaches to walls, fences, etc. 2 : something that is thin and curly A few tendrils of hair framed her face. tendrils of smoke … Useful english dictionary
dril — chon·dril·la; dril·vis; qua·dril·lage; ten·dril·if·er·ous; ten·dril·lar; ten·dril·ly; ten·dril·ous; hy·dril·la; qua·dril·lion; qua·dril·lionth; ten·dril; man·dril; span·dril; … English syllables
ten — af·ten; aglis·ten; an·ten·nal; an·ten·nar·ia; an·ten·na·ri·i·dae; an·ten·na·ry; an·ten·na·ta; an·ten·nate; an·ten·ni·fer; an·ten·ni·form; an·ten·nu·la; an·ten·nu·lar; an·ten·nule; ap·pe·ten·cy; ar·ten·kreis; as·tro·pec·ten; at·ten·si·ty;… … English syllables
tendril — ten·dril … English syllables
tendrilly — ten·dril·ly … English syllables
tendril — ten•dril [[t]ˈtɛn drɪl[/t]] n. bot a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant • Etymology: 1530–40; earlier tendrel, alter.… … From formal English to slang
tendril — ten|dril [ˈtendrıl] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon tendon, tendril , from Medieval Latin tendo; TENDON] 1.) a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support 2.) literary… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tendril — ten|dril [ tendrıl ] noun count 1. ) a long thin part of some plants that joins onto things and helps to support the plant 2. ) a thin curly piece of hair … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
