BUCKLE
\bˈʌkə͡l], \bˈʌkəl], \b_ˈʌ_k_əl]\
Definitions of BUCKLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
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fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
By Princeton University
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fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
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fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
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A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
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A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
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A contorted expression, as of the face.
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To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
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To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
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To join in marriage.
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To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
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To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
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To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
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To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
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To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; - generally used reflexively.
By Oddity Software
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A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
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A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
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A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
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A contorted expression, as of the face.
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To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
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To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
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To join in marriage.
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To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
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To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
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To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
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To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
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To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; - generally used reflexively.
By Noah Webster.
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To fasten with a buckle.
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To prepare for action; to set to work with energy; as, to buckle down to hard work; to shrivel or bend under application of heat.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument for fastening shoes and other articles of dress.
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To fasten with a buckle: to prepare for action: to engage in close fight.
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To bend or bulge out: to engage with zeal.
By Daniel Lyons
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An instrument for fastening straps, etc.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To apply oneself vigorously; followed by to or down to.
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A metal frame with movable tongue, for fastening straps, etc.
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A bend; distortion.
By James Champlin Fernald
