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Definition: Skep |
SkepNoun1. A large round wicker basket (used on farms). 2. A domed beehive made of twisted straw. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Skep \Skep\, noun. [Icel. skeppa measure, bushel; compare to Gaelic sgeap basket, beehive.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Skep |
| English words defined with "skep": skepful. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Skep" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Afrikaan (create). |
| "Skep" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Skep" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bee skep | 27 |
skep | 5 |
bee skep wallingford | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skep"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сламен кошер, кошница (basket), плетен кошер. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ruche paysanne, ruche normande, cloche en paille, bournac. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καφάσι (crate, lattice), πανέρι (basket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corbello (basket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kishan (peck, skip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epskay cesto (basket, coop, henna, panoplied). (various references) colmena de paja, cesta (basket, bin, creel, scuttle). (various references) sepet (basket, hamper, scuttle), kömür kovası (hod, scuttle), arı kovanı (apiary, beehive, hive). (various references) солом'яний вулик, цебер (tub), круглий кошик грубої роботи. (various references) rổ (drainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skep": skeps, skepsis, skepsises, skeptic, skeptical, skeptically, skepticism, skepticisms, skeptics. (additional references) | |
Words containing "skep": miskept, omphaloskepses, omphaloskepsis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ep": lep, NEP, Slep, WEP. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: keps. | |
| Words within the letters "e-k-p-s" | |
-1 letter: kep, pes. | |
-2 letters: es, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-k-p-s" | |
+1 letter: keeps, kelps, kemps, kepis, peaks, pecks, peeks, pekes, perks, pesky, pikes, pokes, pukes, skelp, skeps, spake, speak, speck, spike, spoke. | |
+2 letters: keleps, kopeks, kopjes, kreeps, pekans, pekins, pekoes, pikers, pokers, pokeys, pokies, skelps, speaks, specks, spiked, spiker, spikes, spikey, splake, spoked, spoken, spokes. | |
+3 letters: bespake, bespeak, bespoke, copecks, desktop, keepers, kelpies, keypads, kippers, klephts, kopecks, koppies, makeups, miskeep, miskept, mopokes, muspike, packers, packets, pakehas, parkers, passkey, peakish, peckers, peckish, perkish, perukes, peskier, peskily, pickers, pickets, pickles, pikakes, pinkens, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeys, pinkies, pinkoes, pliskie, pockets, pokiest, porkers, porkies, predusk, presoak, puckers, punkers, punkest, punkeys, punkies, puslike, repacks, reparks, reperks, respeak, respoke, seppuku, shakeup, skelped, skelpit, skepsis, skeptic, skimped, skipped, skipper, skippet, spackle, spanked, spanker, sparked, sparker, sparkle, speaker, specked, speckle, spelunk, spikers, spikier, splakes, spooked, spunked, spunkie, takeups, unspeak, unspoke, upkeeps, uptakes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6B 65 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.- . .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01100101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k e p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0065 0070 |
| 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)53777182 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, espagnol, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turque, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamita, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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