Meaning of piere | Babel Free

Definitions

1. forehead (part of the human face between the hair and the eyebrows)
   declension-5, feminine
2. locative singular of piere
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. a shrunk stem or trunk, on the surface of which leaves can grow
   declension-5, feminine
4. a flat surface on an elongated object
   declension-5, feminine
5. the flat part of a tool
   declension-5, feminine
6. apex, top part
   declension-5, feminine
7. smooth, flat surface (on a stone)
   declension-5, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“augsta, zema piere”

high, low forehead

“plata, šaura piere”

wide, narrow forehead

“pieres kauls”

brow (lit. forehead) bone

“noslaucīt sviedrus no pieres”

to wipe the sweat off one's forehead

“(sa)raukt, (sa)raut, (sa)vilkt pieri”

to frown (lit. to pull, tighten one's forehead)

“ļoti laba jēru barība rudenī ir cukurbiešu lapas kopā ar biešu pierēm”

very good food for lambs in the autumn is sugar beet leaves together with beet foreheads

“sijas piere”

a beam's forehead

“āmura piere”

face of the hammerhead (lit. hammer's forehead)

“kalna piere”

mountain's top (lit. forehead)

“tēvs iesit akmenim pāra reizes pierē”

father hit the stone a couple of times on its flat surface (lit. forehead)

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