Толковый словарь английского языка - nut
Nut
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, note, from Old English h~u; akin to Old High German nuz ~ and perhaps to Latin nux ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel, the kernel of a ~, a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a woody pericarp, 2. a hard problem or undertaking, core , heart , a perforated block usually of metal that has an internal screw thread and is used on a bolt or screw for tightening or holding something, the ridge in a stringed instrument (as a violin) over which the strings pass on the upper end of the fingerboard, a small lump (as of butter), 6. a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person, enthusiast , nonsense , a person's head, testis , the amount of money that must be earned in order to break even, en 1, ~like adjective II. intransitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1604 to gather or seek ~s
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel. b this kernel. 2 a pod containing hard seeds. 3 a small usu. square or hexagonal flat piece of metal or other material with a threaded hole through it for screwing on the end of a bolt to secure it. 4 sl. a person's head. 5 sl. a a crazy or eccentric person. b an obsessive enthusiast or devotee (a health-food nut). 6 a small lump of coal, butter, etc. 7 a a device fitted to the bow of a violin for adjusting its tension. b the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass. 8 (in pl.) coarse sl. the testicles. --v.intr. (nutted, nutting) seek or gather nuts (go nutting). Phrases and idioms do one's nut sl. be extremely angry or agitated. for nuts colloq. even tolerably well (cannot sing for nuts). nut cutlet a cutlet-shaped portion of meat-substitute, made from nuts etc. nut-house sl. a mental home or hospital. nut-oil an oil obtained from hazelnuts and walnuts and used in paints and varnishes. nuts and bolts colloq. the practical details. nut-tree any tree bearing nuts, esp. a hazel. off one's nut sl. crazy. Derivatives nutlike adj. Etymology: OE hnutu f. Gmc NUT abbr. (in the UK) National Union of Teachers. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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