(n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
(n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
(n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
(n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
(n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
(n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
(n.) The brill.
(v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
(n.) The belly.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Taliban banned television, music, dancing, and almost every other pastime, from kite-flying to cinema-going.
(2) The methods consist of arterial ligation in 6 cases, end-to-end anastomosis in 5 cases, prosthesis or autogenous vein grafts in 9 cases, "Flying Kite" technique by muscular embolism in 5 cases, vascular embolism by means of the spring-coil in 14 cases, direct operation combined with vascular embolism in 1 case, and breaking blood stream by the balloon catheter at first, then embolism by the spring-coil through retrograde catheterization and finally removal of false aneurysm in 1 case.
(3) Controversy seems to follow autism like the tail on a kite,” says an editorial in the journal by Bryan H King of the University of Washington and Seattle children’s hospital.
(4) The Float Beijing project gets people to build simple kites with air-quality testing equipment.
(5) To solve the quiz, viewers had to calculate every possible number within the kites - which were different colours - including numbers within other written numbers, and numbers within digital numbers (displayed as if on a calculator).
(6) Winners and losers Going: Species facing "severe" threats in England Red squirrel Northern bluefin tuna Natterjack toad Common skate Alpine foxtail Kittiwake Grey plover Shrill carder bumblebee Recovering: Recent conservation success stories Pole cat Large blue butterfly Red kite Ladybird spider Pink meadowcap Sand lizard Pool frog Bittern
(7) Golnaz Esfandiari, who has a blog on the Radio Free Europe website, Persian Letters, writes in a recent post : "There were also gatherings for paintball, kite flying, and blowing bubbles.
(8) Back in Whitstable the kite-surfers were having a ball, leaping high above the sea in the strong gusts of wind, their acrobatics watched forlornly by the seagulls, waiting to scavenge discarded chip wrappers that would never come.
(9) Twenty-two raptors (red kites and buzzards) were found dead in Conon Bridge, Scotland, in March in what looked like a poisoning.
(10) Andy Thomas, who for the past 20 years has run Kites & Things, a toy and hobbies store a few hundred metres from the harbourside in the town's high street, said business had been difficult since 2008, when Northern Rock nearly went under.
(11) "Viewers then also had to work out the total of the numbers for the different coloured kites.
(12) A sparrowhawk, light as a toy of balsa-wood and doped tissue-paper, zipped past at knee-level, kiting up over a bank of brambles and away into the trees.
(13) The most eye-catching of the kites that he flies – fixed-term parliaments, and a curbing of the power of the whips over the scrutiny of legislation – would make a big difference, but are wrapped in rather slippery language, so neither is a bankable pledge.
(14) The move comes after months of negotiations that have failed to persuade any major retailer to adopt the foundation's kite-mark standard.
(15) Case 1: A 12-year-old male suffered a severe headache followed by a generalized convulsion after he turned his head when he was flying a kite.
(16) The report calls for better conservation, especially following successful schemes to reintroduce or bolster populations such as the red kite and large blue butterfly.
(17) Bacteria of the genus Campylobacter were isolated from 28 Rooks (Corvus frugilegus), 1 Red Kite (Milvus milvus), 1 Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), 1 Coot (Fulica atra), 1 Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) and 1 Northern Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).
(18) Even by the standards of the hardline Taliban, famous for their tight control on everything, from kite flying to music, when they ruled Afghanistan , the uniformed squads are oppressive, said Michael Semple, a fellow at Harvard University, an expert on the Taliban.
(19) Direct cutaneous arteries provide blood supply to the kite flap when the only dorsal metacarpal vessel of the first web space is in a deep situation.
(20) Critically, this will lead to a system of kite marking practice authority and expertise which has been successfully applied to working with the most at-risk children and families.
Steal
Definition:
(n.) A handle; a stale, or stele.
(v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
(v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
(v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
(v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
(v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
(v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
(v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
Example Sentences:
(1) We determined to further clarify the mechanism of this transmural coronary "steal" employing intracoronary DP administration, thereby avoiding systemic hypotension.
(2) In the presence of peripheral vasodilatation, adequate blood flow can be expected after such bypass grafts at blood pressures as low as 80 millimeters of mercury and hypotension per se does not produce vascular steal.
(3) 'We were stealing money from our managers to buy vegetables to be able to survive.
(4) The combination of a carotid-basilar and a vertebro-vertebral collateral circulation was verified directly in a patient with a complete subclavian steal by means of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.
(5) The second, less common type of steal is associated with isolated atresia of the proximal segment of the subclavian arteries.
(6) Jacoby Ellsbury goes to steal second, and the catcher Molina's throw isn't even close allowing Ellsbury to make it to third base with nobody out.
(7) Garfield has a history of making interesting choices and a knack for using his edgy watchfulness to steal scenes from some of the best actors in the business.
(8) There’s always other things you can do than stealing and that and running around with the same people,” he says.
(9) These chains have been stealing market share from bigger rivals, such as Tesco and Asda during the economic downturn.
(10) Camden Town is a creative business with a great range of brands that will complement our existing portfolio.” Mark Benner, managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said: “As craft beer continues to grow in popularity and steal market share we are likely to see more global brewers looking to take over craft breweries, something which makes membership to Siba even more important for breweries looking to differentiate themselves, as consumers look to seek out truly independent craft brewed beers.” • This article was amended on 21 December 2015 because Guinness is owned by Diageo, not SAB Miller as an earlier version said.
(11) Roger Kirkby: An infield single for Papi, lol Wait until he steals a base in this series.
(12) No patient developed evidence of an intracerebral steal at the higher arterial carbon dioxide tension.
(13) Chaffin’s sources say that, even as Elon Musk’s electronic car firm Tesla Motors is stealing away record numbers of employees from Apple , the house the Steves built is hiring Tesla employees right back – and specifically, “the kind of people from Tesla with expertise that is most suited to cars”.
(14) And if you're really funny, then provided you're not punching people when you come off, or stealing people's belongings, then you'll get a gig.
(15) One possible explanation for the lack of protective effect for isoflurane might be related to its vasodilative properties, which could result in a cerebral vascular steal.
(16) Even if Morgan is caught, people fear that his powerful backers in the army will find another militia to continue poaching and stealing gold.
(17) Concern over the extent of the News of the World's hacking of the phones of prominent people increased after it was revealed that the name of Brian Paddick , the former deputy assistant commissioner, was found on documents belonging to Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator jailed for stealing secrets from mobile phone voice messages.
(18) Apple accuses Samsung of: • Stealing design ideas, features of iPad and iPhone.
(19) "It was the negligence of Shell which compelled people to steal.
(20) There was still time for Saborio to try an audacious lob from distance to steal the game, but Nielsen, who'd looked ponderous in his movements all game, was able to watch this one safely over.