Word: gill

Category: gill

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Synonyms: gill

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: gill

gill in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
branquia, agalla

gill in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
heizrippe, kühlrippe, kieme, rippe, kehllappen

gill in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
branchie

gill in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
gigantesco, guelra, brânquia

gill in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
kieuw

gill in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
джил, девушка, жабры, возлюбленная, бородка

gill in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
gjelle

gill in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
gælle

gill in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
žábry

gill in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
skrzele, wypatroszyć

gill in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
szakáll, sugárlemez

gill in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
solungaç

gill in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
βράγχιο

gill in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
юнка, кохана, дівчина, борідка, зябра, дівча

gill in estonian

Dictionary:
estonian
Translations:
eosleht, lõpus

gill in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
škrga

gill in lithuanian

Dictionary:
lithuanian
Translations:
žiauna

gill in macedonian

Dictionary:
macedonian
Translations:
жабри

gill in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
branhii

The meaning and "use of": gill

noun
  • the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx. - Some others, like the Siamese fighting fish, are capable of breathing air in addition to extracting oxygen from the water with their gills .
  • the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools. - An agaric, such as the common field mushroom, has gills in the form of fine, radiating ‘plates’.
  • a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint. - The sets of weights were once the work tools of the county's pound police where they were used to measure the pounds, ounces, quarters and gills of an untold number of items.
  • a deep ravine, especially a wooded one. - After sampling the cheese, walk to the neighbouring village of Hardraw, which is Old English for ‘shepherd's dwelling ’, and view Hardraw Force where Hearne Beck plunges nearly 100 ft into the deep ghyll below.
  • a female ferret. - A female ferret is called a jill while a male is called a hob.
verb
  • gut or clean (a fish). - Immediately after this, gut and gill all fish you wish to eat.

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