Definizione monolingua

addle

addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled)

1. (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or ones living. — Forby.
2. (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

   • Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. - Thomas Tusser.

addle (plural addles)

1. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
2. (provincial) Lees; dregs. Wright

addle (comparative more addle, superlative most addle)

1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
2. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.
3. See addled.

Definizione dizionario addle

agitare

andare a male

andare in rovina

confondere

rimescolare

rovinarsi

viziare

Altri significati:

to grow addle

rotten

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

To make addle

(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — '''Forby''' .

(obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.

(by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. '''John Dryden''' .

(provincial) Lees; dregs. '''Wright'''

See addled.

(provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.