Meaning of stings | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)
2. hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)
3. stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)
4. rigid, stiff
5. rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)
6. rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)
7. rigid (capable of resisting deformation)
8. rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other)

Equivalents

Examples

“stings galerts”

hard meat jelly

“stinga massa”

hard, rigid mass

“stingrs krēms”

rigid, thick cream

“apkārt viss sasalis, stings un kluss”

all around everything (was) frozen, hard and quiet

“stingi locekļi”

stiff, numb limbs

“salā stingiem pirkstiem brauc Džeks Londons suņu pajūga”

in the frost, Džeks Londons (Jack London) went with (his) numb fingers in a dog-pulled sled

“stingi zari”

stiff, frozen branches

“stings kukainis”

stiff, frozen insect

“stings mirušā ķermenis”

stiff, rigid dead body

“grūti paskatīties mātes stingajā sejā”

it (was) difficult to look at (his) (dead) mother's rigid, stiff face

“naktī mēness gaismā viss kļuva stings, nedzīvs, it kā ar nāves elpu apdvests”

at night, in the moonlight, everything became rigid, lifeless, as if blown by the breath of death

“stingi sejas vaibsti”

rigid facial features

“stinga poza”

rigid posture

“stings skatiens”

rigid look, stare

“viņas acīs un stingajā sejas izteiksmē gulēja nešaubīgs visa sapratējas un zinātājas zīmogs”

in her eyes and rigid facial expression lay the unmistakable stamp of the all-knower (= one who thinks s/he knows everything)

“stings materiāls”

rigid mateiral

“stings fizikālais ķermenis”

rigid physical body

“stings režģis”

rigid grid, lattice

“stinga stieņu konstrukcija”

rigid tubular structure

CEFR level