rustle

  • 101whisper — v 1. murmur, breathe, sigh, Literary. suspire; mutter, mumble; sibilate, hiss, rustle, sough; buzz, hum, drone. 2. divulge, disclose, reveal; intimate, hint, insinuate; rumor, bruit, tell, breathe a word, blab, gossip, Inf. open one s mouth. n 3 …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 102crinkle — [c]/ˈkrɪŋkəl / (say kringkuhl) verb (crinkled, crinkling) –verb (i) 1. to wind or turn in and out. 2. to wrinkle; crimple; ripple. 3. to make slight, sharp sounds; rustle. –verb (t) 4. to cause to wrinkle or rustle. –noun 5. a turn or twist; a… …

  • 103kel-6, k(e)lē-, k(e)lā- or kl̥̄-? —     kel 6, k(e)lē , k(e)lā or kl̥̄ ?     English meaning: to call, cry     Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, schreien, lärmen, klingen”     Material: O.Ind. uṣü kala m. “rooster, cock” (“ἠι κανός”), kalüdhika , kalüvika ds., kalavíŋka ‘sparrow”,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 104(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- —     (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē     English meaning: to cut     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden”     Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 105sūs- —     sūs     English meaning: to buzz     Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallnachahmung for ‘sausen”     Note: only Gmc. and Slav.     Material: O.H.G. sūsōn ‘sausen”, M.L.G. sūsen, Swe. susa, Dan. suse ds.; O.C.S. sysati ‘sausen, whistle” (onomatopoeic… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 106brome — [brōm] n. [< ModL < L bromos < Gr, oats, rustling < bremein, to rustle < IE base * bherem , to rustle, buzz] any of a large genus (Bromus) of grasses of the temperate zone, having closed sheaths and spikelets with awns: a few are… …

    English World dictionary

  • 107crin|kle — «KRIHNG kuhl», verb, kled, kling, noun. –v.t., v.i. 1. to wrinkle or ripple: »Crepe paper is crinkled. 2. to rustle: »Paper crinkles when it is crushed. 3. to bend without breaking off: »The piece of aluminum foil crinkled as she tried to tear it …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 108Brustle — Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 109Brustled — Brustle Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 110Brustling — Brustle Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English