Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reel
Reel
reel
n. & v. --n. 1 a cylindrical device on which thread, silk, yarn, paper, film, wire, etc., are wound. 2 a quantity of thread etc. wound on a reel. 3 a device for winding and unwinding a line as required, esp. in fishing. 4 a revolving part in various machines. 5 a a lively folk or Scottish dance, of two or more couples facing each other. b a piece of music for this. --v. 1 tr. wind (thread, a fishing-line, etc.) on a reel. 2 tr. (foll. by in, up) draw (fish etc.) in or up by the use of a reel. 3 intr. stand or walk or run unsteadily. 4 intr. be shaken mentally or physically. 5 intr. rock from side to side, or swing violently. 6 intr. dance a reel. Phrases and idioms reel off say or recite very rapidly and without apparent effort. Derivatives reeler n. Etymology: OE hreol, of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrēol; akin to Old Norse hræll weaver's reed, Greek krekein to weave Date: before 12th century a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as, a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line, a spool or bobbin for sewing thread, a flanged spool for photographic film, a quantity of something wound on a ~, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to wind on or as if on a ~, to draw by ~ing a line , intransitive verb to turn a ~, ~able adjective III. verb Etymology: Middle English relen, probably from ~, noun Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to turn or move round and round, to be in a whirl, to behave in a violent disorderly manner, to waver or fall back (as from a blow), to walk or move unsteadily, transitive verb to cause to ~, IV. noun Date: 1572 a ~ing motion, V. noun Etymology: probably from 4~ Date: circa 1585 a lively Scottish-Highland dance, Virginia ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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