mole

  • 51mole — dec·i·mole; du·o·dec·i·mole; mi·cro·mole; mil·li·mole; mole; mole·warp; sep·ti·mole; pi·co·mole; os·mole; …

    English syllables

  • 52Mole — I (Del lat. mollis.) ► adjetivo Que es blando y suave. SINÓNIMO muelle II (Del lat. moles, masa, volumen o peso grande.) ► sustantivo femenino Gran corpulencia o bulto voluminoso y, por lo común, pesado: ■ está hecho una mole: pesa cien kilos.… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 53mole — 1mò·le s.f. AU 1a. massa di grosse dimensioni, quantità di materia di dimensioni e volume molto rilevanti: la mole delle acque, un macigno di smisurata mole 1b. anche scherz., corporatura robusta, massiccia di una persona: la sua mole le… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 54mole — I. MOLE. s. f. Masse de chair informe & inanimée que les femmes grosses portent quelquefois au lieu d un enfant. Cette femme n est accouchée que d une mole. II. MOLE. s. m. Jettée de pierres à l entrée d un port pour le rendre meilleur, & mettre… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 55Mole — Pier; Bootsanlegestelle; Schiffsanlegestelle * * * Mo|le [ mo:lə], die; , n: Damm, der Hafeneinfahrt und Hafen gegen Brandung, Strömung und Versandung schützen soll: das Schiff legte an der Mole an. Syn.: ↑ Bollwerk, ↑ Kai. Zus.: Hafenmole. * * * …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 56mole — English has four distinct words mole. The oldest is ‘brown spot’ [OE]. It is the descendant of Old English māl, which meant broadly ‘discoloured mark’. This developed in Middle English to ‘spot on the skin’, but the specific sense ‘brown mark’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57mole — English has four distinct words mole. The oldest is ‘brown spot’ [OE]. It is the descendant of Old English māl, which meant broadly ‘discoloured mark’. This developed in Middle English to ‘spot on the skin’, but the specific sense ‘brown mark’… …

    Word origins

  • 58Mole —    Heb. tinshameth (Lev. 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., chameleon ). In Lev. 11:18, Deut. 14:16, it is rendered, in Authorized Version, swan (R.V., horned owl ).    The Heb. holed (Lev. 11:29), rendered… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 59mole — {{11}}mole (1) spot on skin, O.E. mal spot, mark, blemish, especially on cloth or linen, from P.Gmc. *mailan spot, mark (Cf. O.H.G. meil, Ger. Mal, Goth. mail wrinkle ), from PIE root *mai to stain, defile (Cf. Gk. miainein to stain, defile, see …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 60mole — I [[t]moʊl[/t]] n. 1) mam any of various small, insect eating mammals, esp. of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet 2) cvb gov a spy who becomes part of and works from within …

    From formal English to slang