Meaning of kails | Babel Free

Definitions

1. naked, nude, bare (without clothes on)
2. bald (without hair)
3. without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark)
4. without plants, without plant life, vegetation; without trees or plants nearby
5. without, or with little, snow
6. naked (without or with little furniture; without comfort)
7. undeveloped
8. bare (by itself, without anything in addition to it)
9. bald (without justification or evidence; inconclusive)
10. naked (without explanation, without illustrative material)
11. naked (thinly disguised, or undisguised; easy to see or read)

Equivalents

Examples

“kails bērns”

naked child

“kailas kājas”

bare feet

“izģērbties kailam”

to strip naked

“kails galvvidus”

bald crown (of head)

“lapu koki kļuvuši kaili”

the leaf trees have become bald, leafless

“tur tad cauri ūdenim redzēja pelēku, kailu stumbru”

then there through the water they saw a gray, naked trunk

“saules staros izdegusi kaila zeme”

earth burned naked by sun rays

“kailas ēkas”

naked buildings (without green areas)

“kaili mūri”

naked walls

“kaila ziema”

bald (i.e., snowless) winter

“kaila grīda”

naked floor (not covered)

“vakarā pa krēslu viņa skatījās kailās, netīras istabas”

in the evening, (sitting) on the chair, she looked at the naked, dirty rooms

“viņiem taču te būs jāsāk kailā vietā”

but they will have to start (their carrers) here, in this naked place

“mēs esam spiestas pārtikt no kailās cietuma devas”

we are forced to live on bare prison food

“kails apgalvojums”

bald (= unfounded) assertion

“kaili fakti, skaitļi”

naked facts, figures

“kails egoisms”

naked selfishness

“kaila nabadzība”

naked poverty

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