kit — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.

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   • numerabile
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2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.

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   Esempi

   He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.

3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.

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   Dudes! You simply have too much stuff in your kit! But don't sweat it, I can buy some stuff you don't need.

4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

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   Always carry a good first-aid kit.

5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.

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   I built the entire car from a kit.

6. The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.

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   • uso britannico
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   A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.

7. Clothing.

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   • uso britannico
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   • informale
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   Get your kit off and come to bed.

   The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos.

8. A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.

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   • numerabile
   • informale
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9. The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.

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10. A drum kit.

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11. The whole set; kit and caboodle.

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    • numerabile
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    Do you know the proportion between ten and twelve or thirteen? — No; I should suppose you may take the whole kit of them as thirty; and the rest are people at from twenty to forty years of age.

Verbo

1. To assemble or collect something into kits.

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   • transitivo

   Esempi

   We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

2. To equip (somebody) with something.

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   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   kit outkit up

Sostantivo

1. A kitten (young cat).

2. A cat in general.

   Uso

   • broadly

   Esempi

   “You must call them ‘squibs and crackers.’ And what would you call her?” pointing to the cat. ¶ “Cat or kit, or whatever you please, sir.”

3. A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).

4. A young fox.

5. A young beaver.

6. A young ferret.

7. A young skunk.

8. A young rabbit.

9. A young weasel.

Sostantivo

1. Synonym of kit violin.

   Esempi

   A dancing master's kit.

   Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Sostantivo

1. A flock of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons and especially when flying together.

   Uso

   • collective

   Esempi

   Keeping a kit of what are known as High-Flyers, is great sport for some people.

   I saw a kit of pigeons swinging round some nearby chimney pots. I marked the spot and made for the house.

   Altri esempi (1)

   A kit of special birds only is released.

Sostantivo

1. a case for containing a set of articles

   Termini più generali

   case

2. gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

   Sinonimi

   outfit

   Termini più generali

   gearparaphernaliaappurtenance

3. young of any of various fur-bearing animals

   Termini più generali

   young mammal

   Esempi

   a fox kit

Verbo

1. supply with a set of articles or tools

   Sinonimi

   kit outkit up

   Termini più generali

   equipfitfit outoutfit