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Meanings of thumb in inglés

portugués
pedir carona
catalán
fer autostop

To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road.

pedir carona
portugués
dedo
catalán
polze
español
pulgar

The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.

pulgar
portugués
manusear
catalán
fullejar

Feel or handle with the fingers.

manusear

A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Examples for "ovolo"
Examples for "ovolo"
1
Finally, attention may be called to the ASTRAGAL or PEARL-BEADING just under the ovolo in Figs.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
2
Among those to have taken a hit is Ovolo Group.
BBC
3
The writer was a guest of Ovolo Hotels.
News.com.au
4
Instead of pooh-poohing the idea, Ovolo management jumped on board and ordered Propper stools for every suite.
News.com.au
5
"Sylvie, see, he wants us to have ovolos in the cornice of the corridor."
Pierrette
1
It has stopped now. I had been turned fully a quarter round.
Sight Unseen
2
At New Orleans, which is quarter round the world from Greenwich, it would be just in his horizon.
The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
3
Turn one quarter round.
Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
4
Except in attaching the quarter round and triangular moldings for fillets no nailing is necessary in erecting and taking down the forms.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
5
Cook's 21-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter rounded out the scoring.
Reuters
Usage of thumb in inglés
1
Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.
Into the Water
2
Likewise, the left thumb shall be bound to the right great toe.
Outlander
3
I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years.
The Guardian
4
The rule of thumb is to board 30 minutes prior to departure.
The South African
5
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...
6
Initially, the health minister threw out a thumb-suck figure of R259 billion.
The South African
7
A thumb injury was the basis of her initial troubles last year.
The Guardian
8
Now look with just your right eye - the thumb moved, right?
Wired
9
Lumley left his thumb-prints in the putty he stuck in his window-sash.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
10
FICO's scoring technology has no doubt improved upon handcrafted rules of thumb.
Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
11
Listen. And he jerked his thumb in the direction of the wainscot.
The Tavern Knight
12
Your right thumb points in the direction of the angular velocity vector.
Wired
13
Cocked his thumb in a way that suggested need, but not desperation.
Nothing to lose
14
Then the cure steeped the thumb of St. Sergius in beef broth.
The Cloister and the Hearth
15
She jerked with a dirty thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
The Captives
16
He jerked a dirty thumb in the direction of the chief clerk.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
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Translations for thumb
español
pulgar
Thumb through the time
Thumb across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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