English abbreviation dictionary - dumb
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(dumber, dumbest, dumbs dumbing dumbed) 1. Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. ...a young deaf and dumb man. = mute ADJ 2. If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. (LITERARY) We were all struck dumb for a minute. = speechless ADJ: v-link ADJ • dumbly I shook my head dumbly, not believing him. ADV: ADV with v 3. If you call a person dumb, you mean that they are stupid or foolish. (INFORMAL) The questions were set up to make her look dumb. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 4. If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. (AM INFORMAL) I came up with this dumb idea... = stupid ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German tumb mute Date: before 12th century 1. a. lacking the human power of speech ~ animals b. of a person, often offensive lacking the ability to speak 2. temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment) struck ~ with fear 3. not expressed in uttered words ~ grief 4. silent; also taciturn 5. lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment; especially having no means of self-propulsion a ~ barge 6. a. lacking intelligence ; stupid b. showing a lack of intelligence asking ~ questions c. requiring no intelligence ~ luck 7. not having the capability to process data a ~ terminal — compare intelligent 3a Synonyms: see stupid • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Usage: There is evidence that, when applied to persons who cannot speak, ~ has come to be considered offensive. II. transitive verb Date: 1607 to make silent ; deaden would lie around, ~ed by the drugs — Norman Mailer ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a (of a person) unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness. b (of an animal) naturally unable to speak (our dumb friends). 2 silenced by surprise, shyness, etc. (struck dumb by this revelation). 3 taciturn or reticent, esp. insultingly (dumb insolence). 4 (of an action etc.) performed without speech. 5 (often in comb.) giving no sound; without voice or some other property normally belonging to things of the name (a dumb piano). 6 colloq. esp. US stupid; ignorant. 7 (usu. of a class, population, etc.) having no voice in government; inarticulate (the dumb masses). 8 (of a computer terminal etc.) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; not programmable (opp. INTELLIGENT). Phrases and idioms dumb animals animals, esp. as objects of pity. dumb-bell 1 a short bar with a weight at each end, used for exercise, muscle-building, etc. 2 sl. a stupid person, esp. a woman. dumb blonde a pretty but stupid blonde woman. dumb cluck sl. a stupid person. dumb crambo see CRAMBO. dumb-iron the curved side-piece of a motor-vehicle chassis, joining it to the front springs. dumb piano Mus. a silent or dummy keyboard. dumb show 1 significant gestures or mime, used when words are inappropriate. 2 a part of a play in early drama, acted in mime. dumb waiter 1 a small lift for carrying food, plates, etc., between floors. 2 a movable table, esp. with revolving shelves, used in a dining-room. Derivatives dumbly adv. dumbness n. Etymology: OE: orig. unkn.: sense 6 f. G dumm ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. немой deaf and dumb —- глухонемой dumb from birth —- немой от рождения dumb despair —- немое отчаяние 2. онемевший, немой dumb with fear —- онемевший от страха to be (struck) dumb with astonishment —- онеметь (лишиться дара речи) от удивления to strike smb. dumb —- поразить кого-л. немотой; заставить замолчать кого-л.; лишить кого-л. дара речи the press was struck dumb —- пресса словно воды в рот набрала 3. бессловесный dumb animals (brutes) —- бессловесные животные (твари); братья наши меньшие 4. молчаливый, неразговорчивый dumb dog —- разг. молчальник 5. безмолвный, немой; хранящий молчание the dumb millions —- полит. молчаливое большинство to remain dumb —- хранить молчание history is dumb on it —- история об этом умалчивает 6. совершающийся или сделанный в молчании dumb show —- немая сцена; пантомима in dumb show —- жестами; мимически to express one's joy in dumb show —- выразить свою радость мимикой 7. неслышный, тихий, приглушенный dumb peal —- глухой (приглушенный) удар колокола 8. тихий; сонный, спящий, дремотный dumb forest —- спящий лес dumb hills —- молчаливые горы 9. лишенный основного качества dumb nettle —- глухая крапива 10. беззвучный, незвучащий dumb notes —- незвучащие клавиши (у рояля) dumb piano —- немая клавиатура 11. ам. разг. глупый, тупой to play (to act) dumb —- разыгрывать...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) немой - deaf and dumb - dumb show 2) бессловесный dumb animals - бессловесные животные 3) онемевший (от страха и т.п.) 4) беззвучный this piano has several dumb notes - у этого пианино несколько клавишей не звучат 5) молчаливый a dumb dog coll. - молчаливый парень 6) amer.; coll. глупый; тупой dumb barge - несамоходная баржа Syn: see speechless DUMB crambo шарада-пантомима DUMB piano noun немая клавиатура DUMB show немая сцена, пантомима ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. dumb "silent, unable to speak," from PIE *dheubh- "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness." Sense of "ignorant" (1823) comes from Ger. dumm, from the same PIE root, but with a meaning of "stupid." Applied to silent contrivances, hence dumbwaiter (1755); dumbbell (1711), with the figurative sense of "blockhead" first recorded 1920 in Amer.Eng. Dumbfound is 17c. from dumb + (con)found; first record of dummy is from 1598, at first "mute person," extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736. To dumb down is from 1933. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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