Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - peter
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(peters, petering, petered) • peter out If something peters out, it gradually comes to an end. The six-month strike seemed to be petering out... PHRASAL VERB: V P PETER If you say that someone is robbing Peter to pay Paul, you mean that they are transferring money from one group of people or place to another, rather than providing extra money. Sometimes he was moving money from one account to another, robbing Peter to pay Paul. PHRASE: rob inflects c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. intransitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1846 1. to diminish gradually and come to an end ; give out — usually used with out novelists whose creative impetus seems largely to have ~ed out — Times Literary Supplement 2. to become exhausted — usually used with out II. noun Etymology: from the name Peter Date: circa 1902 often vulgar penis PETER noun Etymology: Late Latin Petrus, from Greek Petros, from petra rock 1. a fisherman of Galilee and one of the twelve apostles 2. either of two hortatory letters written to early Christians and included as books of the New Testament — see bible table ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (foll. by out) (orig. of a vein of ore etc.) diminish, come to an end. 2 Bridge play an echo. --n. Bridge an echo. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. sl. 1 a prison cell. 2 a safe. Etymology: perh. f. the name Peter ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) исчезать (о живых организмах) 2) истощаться (о природных ресурсах) to peter out — см. peter ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. сл. сундук; чемодан; узел 2. сл. сейф 3. сл. игральные кости (с добавлением свинца) 4. сл. куропатка 5. уст. испанское вино 6. уст. карцер 7. уст. бросать, прекращать peter that! —- прекратите, хватит! Id: to rob Peter to pay Paul —- облагодетельствовать одного за счет другого; поддерживать одно в ущерб другому ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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out v. 1) иссякать, истощаться; беднеть (о месторождениях) 2) исчезать, улетучиваться; The climbers efforts to reach the top petered out. 3) провалиться, лопнуть; потерпеть неудачу; His plan petered out. PETER noun Питер; bibl. Петр PETER (личн. имена) - Питер; библ. Петр ...Англо-русский словарь
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- from L. Petrus, from Gk. Petros, lit. "stone, rock," translation of Syriac kefa "stone" (Cephas), nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona (Matt. xvi:17). The common form of this very common name in medieval England was Peres (M.Fr. Piers), hence surnames Pierce, Pearson, etc. Among the dim. forms were Parkin and Perkin. Petronilla, fem. dim. of L. Petronius, "was the name of a saint much-invoked against fevers and regarded as a daughter of St. Peter. The name was accordingly regarded to be a derivative of Peter and became one of the most popular of girls' names, the vernacular Parnell being still used as a christian name as late as the 18th century in Cornwall." [Reaney] To peter out "become exhausted," is 1846 as miners' slang, from earlier to peter "cease, stop," 1812, of uncertain origin. Slang for "penis" is attested from 1902, probably from identity of first syllable. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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