bower

suomi-englanti sanakirja

bower englannista suomeksi

  1. lehtimaja

  2. suojata lehvistöllä

  1. buduaari, budoaari

bower englanniksi

  1. (senseid) A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

  2. {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1572|author=George Gascoigne|title=A Lady being both wronged by false suspect, and also wounded by the durance of hir husband, doth thus bewray hir grief.

  3. A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

  4. {{quote-text|en|year=1748|author=William Shenstone|title=to William Lyttleton Esq.

  5. (RQ:Keats Endymion)

  6. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

  7. (RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing)say that thou overheard'st us,And bid her steal into the pleached bower,Where honey-suckles, ripen'd by the sun,Forbid the sun to enter;(..)

  8. {{quote-book|en|year=1979|author=J.G. Ballard|title=The Unlimited Dream Company|section=chapter 30

  9. (quote-book)

  10. A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male birds during courtship displays.

  11. (senseid) To embower; to enclose.

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  13. {{quote-book|en|year=1907|author=Edward Bindloss|Harold Bindloss

  14. To lodge.

  15. (RQ:Spenser Shepheardes Calender)

  16. (senseid) A peasant; a farmer.

  17. (senseid) Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.

  18. {{quote-text|en|year=1870|author=Bret Harte|title=Plain Language from Truthful James

  19. (senseid) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.

  20. One who bows or bends.

  21. (quote-text)

  22. A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.

  23. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

  24. (senseid) One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the bow or bow.

  25. (senseid) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.