hint

hint
1. n намёк

delicate hint — тонкий намёк

broad hint — ясный намёк

to give a hint — намекнуть

to let fall a hint that — намекнуть, что

veiled hint — завуалированный намёк

to get the hint — понять намёк

to take a hint — понять намёк

2. n совет

hints on housekeeping, hints for housewives — советы домашним хозяйкам

3. n очень маленькое количество

a hint of garlic in the soup — немножко чеснока в супе для запаха

4. v намекать; давать понять

he hinted that he knew more — он дал понять, что сказал не всё

hint at — намекать на; намек на

Синонимический ряд:
1. breath (noun) breath; cast; dash; ghost; hair; lick; semblance; shade; shadow; smack; smatch; smell; soupcon; speck; spice; sprinkling; strain; streak; suggestion; taste; tincture; tinge; touch; trace; trifle; twang; vein; whiff; whisker; whisper; wink
2. clue (noun) allusion; clue; cue; indication; insinuation; intimation; notion; reference; telltale; tip; wind
3. suspicion (noun) association; connotation; implication; inkling; innuendo; overtone; suspicion; undertone
4. adumbrate (verb) adumbrate; foreshadow; prefigurate; prefigure; shadow forth
5. fish (verb) angle; fish
6. imply (verb) apprise; connote; imply; indicate; infer; insinuate; intimate; mention; point; prompt; suggest
Антонимический ряд:
assert; conceal; cover; disguise; ignore; mask; refrain; reserve; stifle; suppress; veil; withhold

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  • hint — [hint] n. [prob. var. of HENT] 1. a slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion [a hint that we should leave] 2. a very small amount or degree; trace [a hint of spice] 3. Obs. an… …   English World dictionary

  • hint at — To give a hint, suggestion, or indication of • • • Main Entry: ↑hint * * * hint at [phrasal verb] hint at (something) : to talk about (something) in an indirect way He s been hinting at the possibility of running for mayor. = He s been hinting at …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hint — (h[i^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.] To bring to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hint — Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. [1913 Webster] We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn: To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hint — Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. [1913 Webster] Our hint of woe Is common. Shak. [1913 Webster] The hint… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hint — can refer to: *Hardware Information Navigational Tool (HINT) *Hierarchical INTegration, a computer benchmark. *Hint (musician), musician Jonathan James, from Sussex, UK. *Font hinting, a process for optimizing the rasterization of vectors *Nord… …   Wikipedia

  • hint — hint·er; hint·ing·ly; hint; …   English syllables

  • hint — [n] indication; suggestion adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, flea in ear*, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation …   New thesaurus

  • hint — sb. (itk.), s el. hint, ene (hentydning) …   Dansk ordbog

  • hint — ► NOUN 1) a slight or indirect indication. 2) a very small trace. 3) a small piece of practical information. ► VERB 1) indicate indirectly. 2) (hint at) be a slight indication of …   English terms dictionary

  • hint — I noun adumbration, allusion, clue, connotation, covert allusion, cue, faint outline, faint suggestion, foreshadowing, idea, implication, indication, indirect suggestion, inference, inkling, insinuation, intimation, significatio, slight… …   Law dictionary


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