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barb

[bɑːb] брит. / амер.

    1. сущ.

      1. зазубрина, шип; зубец (стрелы)

      2. колкость, колкое замечание

      3. средневековый головной убор

      4. бот. колючка; шип; ус

      5. зоол. усик (у рыбы)

      6. бородка (птичьего пера)

      7. тех. заусенец

    2. гл.

      1. делать зазубрины, зубцы; насаживать крючки

      2. подстригать (траву), стричь (шерсть), спиливать, удалять (заусенцы)

      3. редк. уколоть

  1. сущ.

    берберский конь (арабский конь, славящийся своей выносливостью и скоростью)

  2. сущ.; разг.

    барбитурат

Biology (En-Ru)

barb

  1. бот. колючка, шип; ус

  2. ость

  3. ус(ик) (у рыб)

  4. бородка (пера)

  5. ихт. усач, барбус (Barbus)

  6. ихт. пунтиус (Puntius)

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Ivarr shook his head slowly. "He's got metal plates half a foot thick over every inch of his body and a great poisonous barb on the end of his tail, besides his claws and an excellent set of teeth.
Ивар медленно покачал головой: – Все его тело покрыто металлическими пластинами с полфута толщиной, а кроме когтей и зубов у него есть еще ядовитый шип на кончике хвоста.
Boyer, Elizabeth / Elves And The OtterskinБойер, Элизабет / Ученик ведьмы
Ученик ведьмы
Бойер, Элизабет
Elves And The Otterskin
Boyer, Elizabeth
In it smote and vanished, barb, shaft and feather, so fierce was its flight.
Она вошла глубоко, вся целиком - зазубренный наконечник, древко и перья.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / HobbitТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Хоббит или туда и обратно
Хоббит или туда и обратно
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© "Новосибирское книжное издательство", 1989
Hobbit
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Lcd.
© 1966 by J.R R. Tolkien
© Renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© Restored 1996 by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien,
In shops and on the elevated train, little red-faced sweaty people when they heard his accent glared at him, and growled one to another, "There's one of them damn' barb'rous well-poisoning Huns!"
В магазинах и в вагонах надземной железной дороги краснолицые потные человечки, слыша его акцент, косились на него и бурчали: «Один из тех, из проклятых гуннов, отравителей колодцев!»
Lewis, Sinclair / ArrowsmithЛьюис, Синклер / Эрроусмит
Эрроусмит
Льюис, Синклер
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1956
Arrowsmith
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2002 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
© 1925 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1953 by Michael Lewis
I've got to get a barb on this spear!
Мне бы только бородку на копье.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding
The tall chain mesh wire fence with the three in-leaning strands of barb wire made it look more like a country school house.
Забор из крупной проволочной сетки с тремя рядами колючей проволоки поверху еще больше усиливал это сходство.
Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовек
Отныне и вовек
Джонс, Джеймс
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
From Here to Eternity
Jones, James
© 1951 by James Jones
© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones
The barb was invisible from this distance, but my stomach flipped.
Тонкий металлический шип не был виден на расстоянии, но мой желудок предательски сжался.
Meyer, Stephenie / TwilightМайер, Стефани / Сумерки
Сумерки
Майер, Стефани
© А. Ахмерова, 2007
© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers
© Stephenie Meyer, 2005
Twilight
Meyer, Stephenie
© 2005 by Stephenie Meyer
Because the argument on each side is bogged in emotion and is barbed by the taxes which each must pay.
Все эти рассуждения питаются озлоблением налогоплательщика, который устал платить.
Denny, Ludwell / America conquers BritainДенни, Людвелл / Америка завоевывает Британию
Америка завоевывает Британию
Денни, Людвелл
© Государственное издательство, 1930
America conquers Britain
Denny, Ludwell
© 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
They walked through overgrown hayfields and pastures, encountering the foundations of demolished farm houses and buildings, sections of rusted barbed-wire fence, and other remnants of what were once working farms.
Они шли через заросшие высокой травой поля и пастбища, натыкаясь на фундаменты разрушенных поместий и зданий, фрагменты ржавой ограды из колючей проволоки и другие остатки того, что когда‑то являлось действующими фермами.
DeChancie, John / Castle WarДе Ченси, Джон / Замок Воинственный
Замок Воинственный
Де Ченси, Джон
Castle War
DeChancie, John
© 1990 by John DeChancie
The skinny one on the left had a spear with a barbed head.
У тощего парня, который стоял слева от них, имелось копье с зазубренным наконечником.
Abercrombie, Joe / The Blade ItselfАберкромби, Джо / Кровь и железо
Кровь и железо
Аберкромби, Джо
© 2006 by Joe Abercrombie.
© Перевод. В. Иванов, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Blade Itself
Abercrombie, Joe
© 2007 by Joe Abercrombie
Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a spell, set them free to torment me anew.
Вместе с ним вмиг ожили терзавшие меня давние угрызения совести.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerХоссейни, Халед / Бегущий за ветром
Бегущий за ветром
Хоссейни, Халед
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
A man screamed, and the night shattered into barbs of sound.
Вдруг один человек завопил, крики пронзили ночь.
Brackett, Leigh / Reavers of SkaithБрэкетт, Ли / Грабители Скэйта
Грабители Скэйта
Брэкетт, Ли
Reavers of Skaith
Brackett, Leigh
© 1976 by Leigh Brackett
A small deadly head at the end of a long sinuous neck preceded the full-bellied, glowing body, followed by a long barbed tail snapping along behind.
Смертоносная маленькая голова на длинной извивающейся шее предшествовала светящемуся телу с огромным брюхом, а замыкал это зрелище длинный колючий хвост.
Boyer, Elizabeth / Elves And The OtterskinБойер, Элизабет / Ученик ведьмы
Ученик ведьмы
Бойер, Элизабет
Elves And The Otterskin
Boyer, Elizabeth
On Wednesday, the occupying forces raided the Tulkarem refugee camp, blocking all roads leading to and from the camp with barbed wire and imposing a curfew on the entire camp.
В среду оккупационные силы совершили налет на лагерь беженцев в Тулькарме, блокировав все въезды в лагерь и выезды из него колючей проволокой и установив во всем лагере комендантский час.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
The Russian Army has always been one of the most fundamental pillars of the State. To this day it is typically a prison camp behind barbed wire where the country's young citizens are incarcerated without trial.
Армия в России – один из традиционно основных государственных институтов – продолжает оставаться типичным лагерем за колючей проволокой для бессудно заточенных туда молодых граждан страны.
Политковская, Анна / Путинская РоссияPolitkovskaya, Anna / Putin's Russia
Putin's Russia
Politkovskaya, Anna
© Anna Politkovskaya 2004
© Arch Tait 2004
Путинская Россия
Политковская, Анна
© Анна Политковская 2004
The spears fell out because they hadn't barbs on.
Копья ее не брали, без зазубрин потому что.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

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bɑːbNounзазубрина; шип; зубец

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Collocations

barb bolt
анкерный болт
barb radiator
подвесной радиатор
barbed hook
крюк с бородкой
barbed nail
заершенный гвоздь
barbed remark
колкое замечание
barbed remark
колкость
barbed wire
колючая проволока
barbed wire fence
ограждение из колючей проволоки
barbed-wire disease
лагерный психоз военнопленных
barbed-wire fence
изгородь из колючей проволоки
broach barbed
пульпэкстрактор
barbed tape
колючая лента
barbed tape
лента с шипами
barbed nail
гвоздь с бородкой
barbed-wire belt
полоса проволочных заграждений

Word forms

barb

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebarbbarbs
Possessive casebarb'sbarbs'

barb

verb
Basic forms
Pastbarbed
Imperativebarb
Present Participle (Participle I)barbing
Past Participle (Participle II)barbed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I barbwe barb
you barbyou barb
he/she/it barbsthey barb
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am barbingwe are barbing
you are barbingyou are barbing
he/she/it is barbingthey are barbing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have barbedwe have barbed
you have barbedyou have barbed
he/she/it has barbedthey have barbed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been barbingwe have been barbing
you have been barbingyou have been barbing
he/she/it has been barbingthey have been barbing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I barbedwe barbed
you barbedyou barbed
he/she/it barbedthey barbed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was barbingwe were barbing
you were barbingyou were barbing
he/she/it was barbingthey were barbing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had barbedwe had barbed
you had barbedyou had barbed
he/she/it had barbedthey had barbed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been barbingwe had been barbing
you had been barbingyou had been barbing
he/she/it had been barbingthey had been barbing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will barbwe shall/will barb
you will barbyou will barb
he/she/it will barbthey will barb
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be barbingwe shall/will be barbing
you will be barbingyou will be barbing
he/she/it will be barbingthey will be barbing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have barbedwe shall/will have barbed
you will have barbedyou will have barbed
he/she/it will have barbedthey will have barbed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been barbingwe shall/will have been barbing
you will have been barbingyou will have been barbing
he/she/it will have been barbingthey will have been barbing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would barbwe should/would barb
you would barbyou would barb
he/she/it would barbthey would barb
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be barbingwe should/would be barbing
you would be barbingyou would be barbing
he/she/it would be barbingthey would be barbing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have barbedwe should/would have barbed
you would have barbedyou would have barbed
he/she/it would have barbedthey would have barbed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been barbingwe should/would have been barbing
you would have been barbingyou would have been barbing
he/she/it would have been barbingthey would have been barbing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am barbedwe are barbed
you are barbedyou are barbed
he/she/it is barbedthey are barbed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being barbedwe are being barbed
you are being barbedyou are being barbed
he/she/it is being barbedthey are being barbed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been barbedwe have been barbed
you have been barbedyou have been barbed
he/she/it has been barbedthey have been barbed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was barbedwe were barbed
you were barbedyou were barbed
he/she/it was barbedthey were barbed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being barbedwe were being barbed
you were being barbedyou were being barbed
he/she/it was being barbedthey were being barbed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been barbedwe had been barbed
you had been barbedyou had been barbed
he/she/it had been barbedthey had been barbed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be barbedwe shall/will be barbed
you will be barbedyou will be barbed
he/she/it will be barbedthey will be barbed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been barbedwe shall/will have been barbed
you will have been barbedyou will have been barbed
he/she/it will have been barbedthey will have been barbed