flower

flower

englanti

  1. kukka

  2. (ei monikkoa) kukka, kukkiminen

  3. (vanhentunut kirjoitusasu) (hieno) jauho ( = flour)

Esimerkkejä flower sanan käytöstä:

I bought some 'flowers'.

The flowers I bought are only coming into 'flower'.

Synonyymisanakirja

flower

  1. hedelmäkasvit, koppisiemeniset, kukkiva kasvi, kukka, kukinta, pieni kukka, kukkija, lisääntymisosa.

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Käännökset

englanti

kukka

kukoistus

kukkia A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
1597, De Campo, Don Richardo de Medico The Trimming of Thomas Nashe Gentleman

How frail a flower thou doſt ſo highly a prize:/Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot/That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.
puhekieltä A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
1894, (w), s:The Flowering of the Strange Orchid|The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
You know, Darwin studied their fertilisation, and showed that the whole structure of an ordinary orchid flower was contrived in order that moths might carry the pollen from plant to plant.
A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.

We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.

puhekieltä Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.

The dogwoods are in flower this week.

puhekieltä The vulva, especially the labia majora.
puhekieltä The best examples or representatives of a group.

We selected the flower of the applicants.

Hooker
The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain.
Southey
the flower of the chivalry of all Spain
The best state of things; the prime.

She was in the flower of her life.

Tennyson
A simple maiden in her flower / Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
puhekieltä flour Flour.
Arbuthnot
The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue.
puhekieltä A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.

the flowers of sulphur

A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
puhekieltä Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.

(rfquotek)

puhekieltä menstrual Menstrual discharges.
Bible, Leviticus xv. 24 (American King James Version)
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed where on he lies shall be unclean.
(lbl) To put forth blooms.

This plant flowers in June.

(lbl) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
Spenser
when flowered my youthful spring
1940 (w), translator, (w), s:An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography, Part III (IX) s:The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part III/Simple Life|Simple Life, original published 1927-1929
It only needed watering to take root, to flower and to fructify, and the watering came in due course.
(lbl) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
Francis Bacon
That beer did flower a little.
(lbl) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
Milton
observations which have flowered off
puhekieltä Something that flows, such as a river.
1886–1890, J. D. Rees, Narratives of Tours in India, https://books.google.com/books?id=PragpcesPogC&lpg=PA340&ots=-8E6Ptps8n&dq=%22swift%20flower%22%20water&pg=PA340v=onepage&q=%22swift%20flower%22%20water&f=false page 340:
Leaving the weavers’ village behind you, and crossing the sandy bed of the Vengavati or ‘Swift-flower,’ which, however, contained not a drop of water, you reach the ancient Jain temple.
1888, John T. White, The Seventh Book of Cæsar’s Gallic War with a Vocabulary, https://books.google.com/books?id=5kkVAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22swift-flower%22&pg=PA224v=onepage&q=%22swift-flower%22&f=false page 224:
Rhŏdănus, i, m. The Rhodanus (now Rhone); a river of Gaul prob. a northern word, meaning “Swift-flower or Swift-passer”.
1893, Arthur A. MacDonnell, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, https://books.google.com/books?id=-P9SIJE2IvAC&lpg=PA340&ots=fZZprW61Hf&dq=%22swift%20flower%22%20river&pg=PA340v=onepage&q=%22swift%20flower%22%20river&f=false page 340:
sará-yu, f. swift flower: √sri N. of a river (in Oudh), in C. gnly. û.
1959, Scottish Studies, volumes 3–4, https://books.google.com/books?id=f5RnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22fast+flower%22+flows&dq=%22fast+flower%22+flows&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jClCVf3jCMGeNoOUgdgJ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw page 92:
one that flows with force and speed; the fast flower

Riimisanakirja

flower rimmaa näiden kanssa:

weber, freelancer, cheerleader, outsider, loafer, schäfer, penger, suojapenger, rantapenger, tiepenger

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floretti, florettimiekkailu, floriini, floristi, flunssa, flunssainen

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