Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hint
Hint
hint
n. & v. --n. 1 a slight or indirect indication or suggestion (took the hint and left). 2 a small piece of practical information (handy hints on cooking). 3 a very small trace; a suggestion (a hint of perfume). --v.tr. (often foll. by that + clause) suggest slightly (hinted the contrary; hinted that they were wrong). Phrases and idioms hint at give a hint of; refer indirectly to. Etymology: app. f. obs. hent grasp, lay hold of, f. OE hentan, f. Gmc, rel. to HUNT
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I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete hent act of seizing, from hent, verb Date: 1604 opportunity, turn, 2. a statement conveying by implication what it is preferred not to say explicitly, an indirect or summary suggestion , a slight indication of the existence, approach, or nature of something ; clue, a very small amount ; suggestion , II. verb Date: 1648 transitive verb to convey indirectly and by allusion rather than explicitly , intransitive verb to give a ~, see: suggest ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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