Reel

  • 41RÉEL — ELLE. adj. Qui est véritablement, effectivement, sans fiction, ni figure. Un être réel. La présence réelle du corps de JÉSUS CHRIST dans l eucharistie. Ce que je vous dis est réel. Un payement réel. Ce ne sont pas des chimères, ce sont des choses …

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  • 42reel — n. & v. n. 1 a cylindrical device on which thread, silk, yarn, paper, film, wire, etc., are wound. 2 a quantity of thread etc. wound on a reel. 3 a device for winding and unwinding a line as required, esp. in fishing. 4 a revolving part in… …

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  • 43RÉEL — Réseau école et laïcité Logo du réseau REEL Le Réseau École Et Laïcité (aussi connu sous l acronyme RÉEL) est une association genevoise de défense de la laïcité de l école publique. Elle a été fondée le 12 juillet 2005 par François… …

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  • 44reel — 1. noun a) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; often called Scotch reel. a log reel, used by seamen b) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of …

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  • 45reel — v. (D; intr.) ( to stagger ) to reel under (to reel under blows) * * * [riːl] (D; intr.) ( to stagger ) to reel under (to reel under blows) …

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  • 46reel — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Chinese windlass, Spanish windlass, avoid, be drunk, be intoxicated, blench, blink, blunder, bob, bobble, call off, capstan, careen, career, centrifugate, centrifuge, coggle, crab, crank, crank in, cringe,… …

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  • 47reel in — PHRASAL VERB If you reel in something such as a fish, you pull it towards you by winding around a reel the wire or line that it is attached to. [V P n (not pron)] Gleacher reeled in the first fish... [V P n (not pron)] The crew of the US space… …

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  • 48reel in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms reel in : present tense I/you/we/they reel in he/she/it reels in present participle reeling in past tense reeled in past participle reeled in to bring a fish towards you by turning the reel of a fishing rod …

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  • 49reel — A revolving, often cylindrical device for winding up or letting out cord, wire, or strap. See inertia reel seat belt inertia reel locking reel …

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  • 50reel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Reel is used after these nouns: ↑cotton {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Reel is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑brain, ↑mind, ↑sense …

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