Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spike
Spike
spike
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a sharp point. b a pointed piece of metal, esp. the top of an iron railing etc. 2 a any of several metal points set into the sole of a running-shoe to prevent slipping. b (in pl.) a pair of running-shoes with spikes. 3 a a pointed metal rod standing on a base and used for filing news items etc. esp. when rejected for publication. b a similar spike used for bills etc. 4 a large stout nail esp. as used for railways. 5 sl. a hypodermic needle. 6 Brit. sl. a doss-house. 7 Electronics a pulse of very short duration in which a rapid increase in voltage is followed by a rapid decrease. --v.tr. 1 a fasten or provide with spikes. b fix on or pierce with spikes. 2 (of a newspaper editor etc.) reject (a story) by filing it on a spike. 3 colloq. a lace (a drink) with alcohol, a drug, etc. b contaminate (a substance) with something added. 4 make useless, put an end to, thwart (an idea etc.). 5 hist. plug up the vent of (a gun) with a spike. Phrases and idioms spike a person's guns spoil his or her plans. spike heel a high tapering heel of a shoe. Etymology: ME perh. f. MLG, MDu. spiker, rel. to SPOKE(1) 2. n. Bot. 1 a flower-cluster formed of many flower-heads attached closely on a long stem. 2 a separate sprig of any plant in which flowers form a spikelike cluster. Derivatives spikelet n. Etymology: ME, = ear of corn, f. L SPICA
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I. noun see: spoke Date: 13th century a very large nail, 2. one of a row of pointed irons placed (as on the top of a wall) to prevent passage, b. one of several metal projections set in the sole and heel of a shoe to improve traction, a pair of shoes having ~s attached to the soles or soles and heels, spindle 1e, something resembling a ~: as, a young mackerel not over six inches (15.2 centimeters) long, an unbranched antler of a young deer, ~ heel 2, the act or an instance of spiking (as in volleyball), 6. a pointed element in a graph or tracing, an unusually high and sharply defined maximum (as of amplitude in a wave train), hypodermic needle, a momentary sharp increase and fall in electric potential, an abrupt sharp increase (as in prices or rates), ~like adjective II. verb (~d; spiking) Date: 1624 transitive verb to fasten or furnish with ~s, 2. to disable (a muzzle-loading cannon) temporarily by driving a ~ into the vent, to suppress or block completely , 3. to pierce or impale with or on a ~, to reject (as a story) for publication or broadcast for editorial reasons, 4. to add an alcoholic beverage to (a drink) , to add a foreign substance to , to add something highly reactive (as a radioactive tracer) to, to add vitality, zest, or spice to ; liven , to drive (as a volleyball) sharply downward with a hard blow, to undergo a sudden sharp increase in (temperature or fever) , intransitive verb to increase sharply , ~r noun III. noun see: spine Date: 14th century an ear of grain, an elongated inflorescence similar to a raceme but having the flowers sessile on the main axis ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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