English to English
beetle
('b/i/t/-/l
)
noun (n)
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
- Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
verb (v)
- be suspended over or hang over(verb.stative)Example:
This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town.
source: wordnet30 - fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle(verb.motion)Example:
He beetled up the staircase.
They beetled off home.
source: wordnet30 - beat with a beetle(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- To beat with a heavy mallet.(verb)source: webster1913
- To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.(verb)source: webster1913