(n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.
(n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
(n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
(n.) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.
(n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
(n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
(n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
(n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
(n.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
(n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
(n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
Example Sentences:
(1) The difference from the Hughes flap is that the blood supply is maintained through two tubed pedicles of conjunctiva and Muller's muscle, rather than an apron of conjunctiva.
(2) A definite correlation was established between the disease and the character of work and specificity of the working postures: a long stay in a bent position aggravated by the pressure of the apron strap weighing 8-10 kg on the lumbar part of the spine.
(3) Because surface water pollution appears to be important it is proposed that headwalls and drainage aprons be built around unprotected sources.
(4) The cervical lead shield was compared with the conventional lead apron with regard to efficiency of protection against radiation during a full-month survey (fourteen periapical and two bitewing radiographs).
(5) This layer, the superficial plexiform layer, forms an apron around the posterior segment of the olfactory bulb and contributes to the interbulbar adhesion.
(6) In a deconsecrated Mayfair church lit with Parisian-style globe lamps, Ronnie Scott's orchestra played jazz standards as waiters in traditional black linen aprons circulated with champagne.
(7) After the areas below the survey line of the anterior abutments are aproned with wax, Duralay resin is applied onto the areas above the survey line, and extended to join the functional parts of the blockout instrument.
(8) At her similarly grass-thatched home on the other side of the road the traditional birth attendant, who now calls herself Sister Josephine, contemplates the wreck of her once-yellow plastic apron and wonders where she will get another.
(9) Upper extremities are always protected by a shield, while many patients keep their hands and arms upon and not under an apron.
(10) In 1986 and 1987, the feed apron yielded the most immature stable flies (62.5%).
(11) Aprons hanging on the coat rails outside the classroom.
(12) We have developed and tested a radiation protection material that provides similar attenuation for diagnostic x-ray spectra to that of conventional Pb apron materials with approximately 30% reduced weight.
(13) One set of apron and finger ring dosimeters was designated for the resident who managed the airway and stabilized the neck, when necessary, during cervical spine radiography (A-CS resident).
(14) Second, after each meal, the client was provided with an apron and a glove and asked to pick up trash in the area and deposit the trash in an appropriate receptacle.
(15) Lead aprons and thyroid shields should be used by the urologist and other personnel in the endoscopy room.
(16) Radiation doses to organs below a lead apron, when worn, were estimated from the unshielded dose values using a transmission factor appropriate to the quality of the scattered radiation.
(17) Lower abdominal aprons may be safely removed by a low transverse incision extended laterally up to the iliac crests and superiorly as far as the umbilicus.
(18) Scrupulous hand washing should be observed before and after attending patients and it may be advisable to remove the white coat and put on a plastic apron before examining wounds.
(19) Every challenge ended with the same reassuring visual sequence: the puffing out of cheeks, a half-step backwards, apron strings being loosened with relief.
(20) With its sideways rain and grinding social bleakery, The Mill's closest relative is How We Used To Live, the long-running ITV schools programme that taught children about past-times woe while warning of the dangers of gin and floral aprons.
Audience
Definition:
(a.) The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
(a.) Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.
(a.) An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.
Example Sentences:
(1) While they may always be encumbered by censorship in a way that HBO is not, the success of darker storylines, antiheroes and the occasional snow zombie will not be lost in an entertainment industry desperate to maintain its share of the audience.
(2) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
(3) Speaking to a handpicked audience of community representatives, the prime minister said he had not allowed the EU to get its way.
(4) This is what we hope is the best golf tournament in the world, one of the greatest sporting events, and I think we will have a very impressive audience and have another great champion to crown this year."
(5) To which Salim replies: “But you do.” When such intimacy between two men can be broadcast to an audience of millions, we are shown that the ways of portraying gay sex can be reframed.
(6) So when did audiences become so deferential to a release strategy blatantly motivated by naked financial gain?
(7) In addition, we will introduce our popular content to new UK audiences and create a comprehensive offering for our commercial partners on-air and online."
(8) The art Kennard produced formed the basis of his career, as he recounted later: “I studied as a painter, but after the events of 1968 I began to look for a form of expression that could bring art and politics together to a wider audience … I found that photography wasn’t as burdened with similar art historical associations.” The result was his STOP montage series.
(9) What I didn't know was how much hunger there was in the audience to see themselves on television.
(10) BAML said that it does not expect "revolution" in ITV's strategic announcement next week, more "evolution", but did say that "advertising alone is no longer enough to maximise the value of ITV's audiences".
(11) Iranians have represented culture & civilization for millennia.” At the Oscars, Ansari read Farhadi’s message to the audience’s applause.
(12) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(13) I opened my eyes and my mouth wide, which made everyone in the audience think I was amazed at what I was seeing.
(14) He is describing his efforts to change the mix of the audience in LA.
(15) "This age group feeds Radio 4's core audience and it would in my judgment be negligent not to [look at this]," Liddiment added.
(16) And he pleased the audience with an acknowledgement that social work is a tough job and social workers only human.
(17) I saw my dad sitting in the audience, looking at me like, “Yes, he really is crazy.” Having listened to thousands of people, I realised we had a narrow view of what the environment is.
(18) Call the Midwife – again the most watched show of the day – averaged 9.2 million viewers and a 31.3% audience share from 8pm.
(19) But there she sits with a strained smile as he serenades her before an audience of millions.
(20) Vimeo has been less successful in convincing its audience to part ways with actual cash.