ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE

Meaning of ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE in English

Круглый стержень в квадратной дыре. Ср. Пристало, как корове седло

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

SQUARE — I. ˈskwa(a)](ə)r, -we], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English squyre, square, from Middle French esquerre, esquarre, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUND — I. ˈrau̇nd verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian; akin to Old High German rūnēn …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEG — I. ˈpeg noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pegge, probably from Middle Dutch; probably akin to Latin baculum staff …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLE — I. ˈhōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, hole, hollow place, hold (of a ship), from Old English hol …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SQUARE — — squarable , adj. — squarelike , adj. — squareness , n. — squarer , n. /skwair/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROUND — round 1 — roundness , n. /rownd/ , adj., rounder, roundest , n., adv., prep., v. adj. 1. having a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEG — — pegless , adj. — peglike , adj. /peg/ , n. , v. , pegged, pegging , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLE — — holeless , adj. — holey , adj. /hohl/ , n. , v. , holed, holing . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. ˈskwer noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin * exquadra, from * exquadrare to square, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROUND — I. rau̇nd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rund, reund, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEG — I. ˈpeg noun Etymology: Middle English pegge, probably from Middle Dutch Date: 15th century 1. a. : a small usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
PEG — noun one of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. 2. peg ·noun a step; a degree; …
Webster English vocab
HOLE — vi to go or get into a hole. 2. hole ·adj whole. 3. hole ·noun to drive into a hole, …
Webster English vocab
SQUARE — [square] n [ME, fr. MF esquarre, fr. (assumed) VL exquadra, fr. exquadrare to square, fr. L ex- + quadrare to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROUND — [round] adj [ME, fr. OF roont, fr. L rotundus--more at rotund] (14c) 1 a (1): having every part of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEG — [peg] n [ME pegge, prob. fr. MD] (15c) 1 a: a small usu. cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SQUARE — in geometry, a plane figure with four equal sides and four right (90) angles. A square is a special kind …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEG — peg, Peg, Pegg BrE AmE peɡ ▷ pegged peɡd ▷ pegging ˈpeɡ ɪŋ ▷ pegs peɡz ▶ ˌ peg ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SQUARE — / skweə(r); NAmE skwer/ adjective , noun , verb , adverb ■ adjective SHAPE 1. ( geometry ) having four …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — / raʊnd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , preposition , noun , verb ■ adjective ( round·er , round·est ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun HOLLOW SPACE 1. [ C ] a hollow space in sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. square 1 S2 W3 /skweə $ skwer/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . SHAPE having four straight equal sides and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROUND — I. round 1 S2 W2 /raʊnd/ BrE AmE especially British English ( also around ) adverb , preposition [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLE — I. hole 1 S1 W2 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hol ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEG — n. & v. --n. 1 a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEG — n. & v. n. 1 a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLE — n. & v. n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1. shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Oxford English vocab
PEG — n. & v. --n. 1. a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Oxford English vocab
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /raʊnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE — ( squares, squaring, squared) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A square …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLE — ( holes, holing, holed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A hole …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: 'Round' …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SQUARE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a decent meal/a square meal ( also a proper meal British English ) (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROUND — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 30 mile/360 kilometre/2 hour etc round trip ▪ A coachload of supporters made the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES clothes peg peg leg tuning peg COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE adjustable ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 18-hole/9-hole golf ▪ Facilities include an 18-hole golf course. 18-hole/9-hole golf ▪ Facilities include …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEG — Old Peg; poor hard Suffolk or Yorkshire cheese. A peg is also a blow with a straightarm: a term used …
Slang English vocab
ROUND — See ↑ CIRCLE 2, ↑ ROUND 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ all round • ↑ be round/square/rectangular etc • ↑ bring …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROUND — INDEX: 1. shaped like a ball 2. shaped like a circle 3. an object shaped like a ball 4. with …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOLE — INDEX: 1. a hole that goes through something 2. a hole in the ground or in the surface of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROUND — n. 25B6; adjective a round window : CIRCULAR, disc-shaped, ring-shaped, hoop-shaped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globe-shaped, orb-shaped; cylindrical; bulbous, rounded, rotund; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SQUARE — adj. 1 equilateral, quadrangular, rectangular, right-angled, quadrilateral, four-sided, cubic, cubed, six-sided, boxy She bought a work of art consisting of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROUND — adj. 1 circular; disc-shaped, discoid, disc-like I prefer a round table to a square one She made a round motion …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PEG — v. 1 pin, dowel, rod, stick, bolt; thole or thole-pin; clothes-peg, hook Pegs and glue are often used for fastening …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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