- batten upon
- наживаться за счёт других
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
Batten (theater) — In theater, batten or pipe refers to a long metal pole suspended above the stage or the audience from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or other curtains may be hung. Usually these battens can be lowered to the stage (flown in) or … Wikipedia
batten — Lathe Lathe (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l[ o][eth] a smith s lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
George W. Batten — (d. September 14, 1922 Buffalo, Erie County, New York) was an American politician.LifeHe lived in Lockport, New York. He was Undersheriff of Niagara County, New York from 1882 to 1884, and Sheriff from 1885 to 1887. He was Chairman of the… … Wikipedia
feed on — Synonyms and related words: batten on, batten upon, browse, consume, crop, devour, eat, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, graze, ingest, live off of, live on, meal, partake of, pasture on, prey on, sponge, sponge on, take … Moby Thesaurus
Food — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Eating. < N PARAG:Food >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 eating eating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 deglutition deglutition gulp epulation mastication manducation rumination Sgm: N 1 hippophagy hippophagy … English dictionary for students
graze — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, attouchement, bark, batten upon, beak, board, bread, breath, browse, bruise, brush, brush by, bunt, caress, carom, chafe, chuck, come in contact, contact, contingence, contuse, crop, cutaneous… … Moby Thesaurus
browse — Synonyms and related words: batten upon, crop, dip into, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed on, flip through, glance at, glance over, glance through, go marketing, go over, go shopping, graze, live on, look over, look through,… … Moby Thesaurus
crop — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abdomen, abomasum, abridge, abscind, abstract, aftermath, amputate, annihilate, bag, ban, bar, batch, batten upon, bay window, bearing, beerbelly, belly, belt, blacksnake, bob, boil down, boobs, bosom,… … Moby Thesaurus
live on — Synonyms and related words: abide, batten upon, bide, browse, carry on, continue, continue to be, continue to exist, crop, defeat time, defy time, dwell, endure, exist, extend, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed on, go on, graze,… … Moby Thesaurus
pasture — Synonyms and related words: appetite, arable land, barley, barnyard, barton, batten upon, bird seed, board, bran, bread, browse, campo, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, cat food, cattle ranch, chewing, chicken farm, chicken … Moby Thesaurus
Fly system — Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany A fly system, flying system or theatrical rigging system, is a system of lines (e.g. ropes), blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theatre that enable a stage crew to quickly,… … Wikipedia