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Meanings of toad in English

Portuguese
râ
Catalan
granota
Spanish
batracio

Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species.

râ
Usage of toad in English
1
The toad is still there; it's been waiting right along with Sally.
Practical Magic
2
The toad at once establishes the most intimate relations with the bug.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
3
The difficulty is to make the toad stay and watch the hill.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
4
And in an instant Wotan put his heavy foot upon the toad.
Opera Stories from Wagner
5
In truth, it had all the appearance of a very bloated toad.
Allan and the Holy Flower
6
I abhor myself; a toad is not so vile as I am.
The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
7
Happy as a toad in the sun, first warm day of spring.
The Trail of the White Mule
8
The horned toad and the lizard had favorite places at each repast.
A Truthful Woman in Southern California
9
A toad hopping across a road in front of a steam roller.
Three Soldiers
10
Miss Stapylton answered, with utmost unconcern; I would sooner marry a toad.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
11
He sat up blinking like an old toad in a hard shower.
The Lady of Big Shanty
12
The toad, by no means a looker, can pass as a washerwoman.
The Guardian
13
And hadn't her dad said something about a toad totem being lucky?
The Dreaming Place
14
Here, under the muddy banks lived the old toad with her son.
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
15
One day she went far into the woods and caught a toad.
Blue Ridge Country
16
The toad, however, is one of the most inoffensive of all animals.
Parker's Second Reader / National Series of Selections for Readi...
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