Turtle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

   “A unique anti-aphrodisiac was the heart of a turtle carried in a wolf's skin. It prevented a person from ever being tempted amorously.”

2. isim A marine reptile of that order.
3. isim An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
4. isim A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
5. isim An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

   “Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.”

6. isim The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
7. isim A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
8. isim A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
9. isim A low stand for a lamp etc.

   “Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television Using an appropriate turtle allows the full range of pan and tilt adjustments on the luminaire and avoids possible heat damage to floor coverings.”

10. isim A candy with pecans, caramel, and chocolate, often shaped like a turtle.
11. fiil To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

    “Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.”

12. fiil To move along slowly.

    “We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies.”

13. fiil To turn and swim upside down.

    “I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.”

14. fiil To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

    “Of these, 80 turtled (65%), 26 hunted and turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).”

15. fiil To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
16. fiil To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.
17. isim A turtle dove.

    “The same he tooke, and with a riband new, / In which his Ladies colours were, did bind / About the turtles neck […].”

18. özel isim A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.
19. özel isim An extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, United States.
20. özel isim A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
21. özel isim A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.
22. isim A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.