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spoke
noun
1 spoke
Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim.
synonyms: radius, wheel spoke.
Roget 200:
length,
longitude,
span;
mileage;
distance
etc.
196.
line,
bar,
rule,
stripe,
streak,
spoke,
radius.
lengthening
etc.
v.;
prolongation,
production,
protraction;
tension,
tensure†;
extension.
[Measures of length]
line,
nail,
inch,
hand,
palm,
foot,
cubit,
yard,
ell,
fathom,
rood,
pole,
furlong,
mile,
league;
chain,
link;
arpent†,
handbreadth†,
jornada [U.S.],
kos†,
vara†.
[astronomical units of distance]
astronomical unit,
AU,
light-year,
parsec.
[metric units of length]
nanometer,
nm,
micron,
micrometer,
millimicron,
millimeter,
mm,
centimeter,
cm,
meter,
kilometer,
km.
pedometer,
perambulator;
scale
etc.
(measurement)
466.
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Roget 253:
sharpness
etc.
adj.;
acuity,
acumination†;
spinosity†.
point,
spike,
spine,
spicule [Biol.],
spiculum†;
needle,
hypodermic needle,
tack,
nail,
pin;
prick,
prickle;
spur,
rowel,
barb;
spit,
cusp;
horn,
antler;
snag;
tag thorn,
bristle;
Adam's needle†,
bear grass [U.S.],
tine,
yucca.
nib,
tooth,
tusk;
spoke,
cog,
ratchet.
crag,
crest,
arete [Fr.],
cone peak,
sugar loaf,
pike,
aiguille†;
spire,
pyramid,
steeple.
beard,
chevaux de frise [Fr.],
porcupine,
hedgehog,
brier,
bramble,
thistle;
comb;
awn,
beggar's lice,
bur,
burr,
catchweed†,
cleavers,
clivers†,
goose,
grass,
hairif†,
hariff,
flax comb,
hackle,
hatchel†,
heckle.
wedge;
knife edge,
cutting edge;
blade,
edge tool,
cutlery,
knife,
penknife,
whittle,
razor,
razor blade,
safety razor,
straight razor,
electric razor;
scalpel;
bistoury†,
lancet;
plowshare,
coulter,
colter†;
hatchet,
ax,
pickax,
mattock,
pick,
adze,
gill;
billhook,
cleaver,
cutter;
scythe,
sickle;
scissors,
shears,
pruning shears,
cutters,
wire cutters,
nail clipper,
paper cutter;
sword
etc.
(arms)
727;
bodkin
etc.
(perforator)
262;
belduque†,
bowie knife†,
paring knife;
bushwhacker [U.S.];
drawing knife,
drawing shave;
microtome [Micro.];
chisel,
screwdriver blade;
flint blade;
guillotine.
sharpener,
hone,
strop;
grindstone,
whetstone;
novaculite†;
steel,
emery.
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Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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Dutch: spaak
Polish: szprycha
2 spoke
One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
synonyms: rundle, rung.
Dutch: sport, trede
Polish: szczebel
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speak
verb
1 speak
2 speak
Exchange thoughts; talk with.
synonym: talk.
Dutch: converseren, hebben, praten, spreken
3 speak
Use language:
— The prisoner won't speak.
— They speak a strange dialect.
synonym: talk.
Dutch: spreken
4 speak
5 speak
Make a characteristic or natural sound.
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