What's the difference between leash and lune?

Leash


Definition:

  • (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
  • (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
  • (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
  • (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The activated matrix (an imidazolyl carbamate) is relatively stable to hydrolysis but smoothly reacts with N-nucleophiles such as those present in either affinity chromatography ligands or leashes, e.g.
  • (2) Two cases are presented in which radial forearm flaps with a proximal vascular leash are used to cover such defects without the need for microsurgical expertise.
  • (3) In February, President Barack Obama said drone strikes are "kept on a very tight leash" and "have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties".
  • (4) ethynyl estradiol), we investigated a series of 17 alpha-substituted estradiol compounds to determine the optimal properties of a leash at this position.
  • (5) He described them as five bundles of aberrant pyramidal fibres which separate out as leashes from the corticospinal fibres at different levels and each had its territory of bulbar nuclei (like the Reich which is the territory of the German empire of which there were only three).
  • (6) These findings suggest that the long 'leash' provided by PEO hydrogels may give the heparin more access to the thrombin-antithrombin pair than the tight bond to PVA, and that crowding of heparin units on a surface limits access of the thrombin-antithrombin pair.
  • (7) The walkers may be the ones with the pockets full of Pedigree Schmackos, barks the subtext, but ultimately it's the walkees who hold the leash.
  • (8) Thus Singapore’s indigenous capitalists were kept on a short leash.
  • (9) Two pole-leashes attached to 2 points on the harness gave the handler considerable control over the posture of the monkey, making it easier to teach the monkey to walk with a leash and to climb into its restraint chair or test apparatus.
  • (10) "And whenever he came out the dressing room he'd be pulling on the leash, tail wagging – let's go, let's get it done."
  • (11) The sketch show Rubbernecker featured four little-known talents: Robin Ince, Stephen Merchant, Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais – familiar, if at all, from Channel 4's 11 O'Clock Show, which also let Sacha Baron Cohen off his leash.
  • (12) The stationary phase consisted of iminodiacetic acid (IDA) chelate groups, bonded to small particle, wide pore silica gel by means of a polyether hydrophilic leash.
  • (13) Parliament needs to change the watchdog before it lets the rottweiler off the leash.
  • (14) Energy efficiency is a no-brainer, as is letting the GIB off the Treasury leash.
  • (15) A chest harness and pole-leash method to transfer rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) weighing up to 16 kg from home cage to primate restraint chair was designed.
  • (16) The hope, it seems, is that the outsourcing show will continue, but with better-managed firms on a tighter leash and smaller operators encouraged to enter the market.
  • (17) "It felt like it was on a leash for years and … we've come off the leash and just responded in that way basically," says one interviewee.
  • (18) Conditions for the coupling of a range of ligands and leashes have been evaluated.
  • (19) I think the difficult thing is just having to juggle your career and your spare time with a dog,” she tells me when we meet for our cutesily termed “welcome woof”, a brief rendezvous to check all three of us are happy at the prospect of handing over the leash.
  • (20) Mundine said the move would “let bigots off the leash”.

Lune


Definition:

  • (n.) Anything in the shape of a half moon.
  • (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
  • (n.) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Is Lune herself dead, and investigating the case as a memory, or a ghost?
  • (2) Sin embargo, la primera sección abre únicamente de 5am a 8pm y cierra los lunes por mantenimiento.
  • (3) The centriole adjunt differentiates into dense bodies as a "demi-lune" shape in the mature sperm.
  • (4) Nuestra semana inicia el lunes con un blog especial en vivo durante todo el día (de 6am a 6pm tiempo local).
  • (5) As Lune Carstensensen would say as she takes a slurp from her trademark golden goblet: "Unexpect the unexpected."
  • (6) In the absence of a viable culprit, Lune herself becomes the chief suspect, due to her hobby of restoring digital watches.
  • (7) Así que, si vives en el DF o a las afueras, queremos que te involucres y compartas tus puntos de vista con nosotros – hay muchas maneras de hacerlo ... • Para estar al tanto con nuestros videos, artículos, galerías y eventos en vivo, mantén un ojo atento a la página Guadrian Cities todos los días del Lunes 9 al Viernes 13 de Noviembre.
  • (8) After a little Lycossing, I learned the word "chalice" translates as a "jewelled drinking vessel" or "ornate cup"… come to think of it, Lune often "cups" her ears during conversation – could she herself be the Chalice?
  • (9) Environmental monitoring of surface waters around Lancaster showed that thermophilic campylobacters were absent from drinking water from the fells and from the clean upper reaches of the River Conder but were present in the main rivers entering Morecambe Bay, the lower reaches of the River Conder, the Lancaster canal, and seawater from the Lune estuary and Morecambe Bay.
  • (10) The surface was defined from histological sections and flattened by tiling it with small triangular tiles which were then laid in a single plane to form several flat strips or lunes.
  • (11) Ninni warns Lune that someone in the force wants her dead, but before she learns who it is, the ink on her portable fax machine runs out.
  • (12) If we have the surge in demand now we can only assume it will quieten down in April, or there will be strong negotiation by buyers.” Tony Lune, who runs Click Lettings & Sales in Birmingham, said all of his calls are from investors looking to increase their portfolios, including some buyers from London looking for lower prices.
  • (13) Del lunes 9 al viernes 13 de Noviembre, estaremos discutiendo aspectos de la vida en ésta fascinante ciudad – desde la cultura al ciclismo, los medios a la planificación urbana, entre muchas cosas más.