wick

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noun

Plural noun:

wicks

1.
(countable)A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
2.
(countable, euphemistic, slang)Often in dip one's wick: the penis.
3.
(England)(obsolete except dialectal) A hamlet or village; also, a town.
4.
(East Anglia, England, Essex)(obsolete except dialectal, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
5.
(England, obsolete)An enclosed piece of land; a close.
6.
(England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal)A maggot.
7.
(England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal, uncountable)The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
8.
(England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal, in plural, uncountable)The part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
9.
(England, UK, Yorkshire, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Life; also, liveliness.
10.
(England, dialectal, obsolete)A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.
11.
(England, dialectal, obsolete)A grove; also, a hollow.
12.
(England)A shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

wicks

V_ing/Gerund

wicking

V_ed/pp

wicked

1.
(transitive)Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
2.
(intransitive)Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
3.
(intransitive)Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.
The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
4.
(England, transitive)To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

wickermore wick

Superlative

wickestmost wick

1.
(England, Northern England, Yorkshire)(Northern England, chiefly Yorkshire) Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).
Đồng nghĩa: quick

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Đồng nghĩa

quickport

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cottonwickcottonwick possibly

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English wek, weke, wicke, from Old English wēoce (wick), from *weukā (flax bundle; wick), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (to weave).