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Definitions: EMBOWEL |
EMBOWELTransitive verb1. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. 2. To disembowel. |
Date "EMBOWEL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Note: Embowel \Em*bow"el\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Emboweledor Embowelled; present participle verb or noun Emboweling or Embowelling.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ejection | Embowel, disbowel, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: EMBOWEL |
| English words defined with "EMBOWEL": Emboweled, Emboweling, Embowelled, Embowelling ♦ Imbowel. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "EMBOWEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heq zorrët. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نزع الأحشاء (disembowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | заривам, погребвам (entomb, inhume, inter, sepulchre), изкормям (disembowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozštípnout (cleave, split up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tirer le boyau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεγάζω σε πυκνόφυλλα δέντρα, στεγάζομαι σε πυκνόφυλλα δέντρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kibelez (bowel, cannibalize, disembowel, drawn, drew, eviscerate, Gill, gut, to cannibalize, to disembowel, to draw, to eviscerate, to gut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embowelay estripar (disembroil, to eviscerate, to gut, to open), gravação em relevo (embossing). (various references) scoate mãruntaiele (disembowel, draw, eviscerate). (various references) потрошить (bowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, paunch). (various references) vaciar (blow, blow out, bottle, clear out, deplete, draw off, empty, hold back, hollow, pour away, pour off, run off, tap out, turn out, unpack, vacate, void). (various references) розчиняти (attenuate, dissolve, solve, spade), ховати (bield, conceal, cover, entomb, hide, hide away, hide up, inter, lay to rest, put away, secrete, shut up, stash, tomb, tuck), потрошити (disembowel, eviscerate, gut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EMBOWEL": emboweled, emboweling, embowelled, embowelling, embowels. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "EMBOWEL": disembowel. (additional references) | |
Words containing "EMBOWEL": disemboweled, disemboweling, disembowelled, disembowelling, disembowelment, disembowelments, disembowels. (additional references) | |
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"EMBOWEL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ambawela, Benbowe, Emblow, embowed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "EMBOWEL" (pronounced 'Em*bow"el'): Aiel, Bejewel, Bethel, Bezel, Borel, Brotel, Brothel, Bulbel, Burel, Camel, Catel, Crewel, Dentel, Disapparel, Disbowel, Disembowel, Disgavel, Dosel, Drazel, Drotchel, Embrothel, Enchisel, Ethel, Firmer-chisel, Frizel, Futchel, Gibel, Goel, grovel, gruel, Hamel, Hatel, Hetchel, Hitchel, Hornel, Imbowel, impanel, Javel, knawel, Koel, Lamel, Lorel, Mochel, Mosel, Muchel, New-model, nickel, Outtravel, Owel, Perel, Pointel, Pomel, Pritchel, Ratchel, ravel, Reapparel, remodel, Renovel, Reparel, ridgel, satchel, Scovel, seckel, Sewel, shekel, Shewel, Sisel, Sorel, Sphacel, Standel, Stitchel, Switchel, Taxel, Tewel, Thrashel, Thrushel, Tousel, Trainel, Tripel, trowel, Unapparel, Unbowel, Wagel, Weanel, Yockel, Yuckel, Zingel, Zizel. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-l-m-o-w" | |
-2 letters: below, bowel, elbow, embow. | |
-3 letters: blew, blow, bole, bowl, lobe, lowe, meow, mewl, mole, weel, womb. | |
-4 letters: bee, bel, bow, eel, elm, eme, ewe, lee, lob, low, mel, mew, mob, mol, mow, obe, ole, owe, owl, web, wee, woe. | |
-5 letters: be, bo, el, em, lo, me, mo, oe, om, ow, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-l-m-o-w" | |
+1 letter: embowels. | |
+2 letters: emboweled. | |
+3 letters: disembowel, emboweling, embowelled, noblewomen. | |
+4 letters: disembowels, embowelling. | |
+5 letters: disemboweled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4D 42 4F 57 45 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- -... --- .--. . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001101 01000010 01001111 01010111 01000101 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E M B O W E L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004D 0042 004F 0057 0045 004C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39473649573946 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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