kite
/kaɪt/
A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae; A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.; Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite and the black kite
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A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae
The children were flying kites.
Дети запускали воздушных змеев.
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Tom bought me a kite.
Том купил мне воздушного змея.
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A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.; Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans)
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A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.; A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae
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A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.; Some species in the subfamily Perninae
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A rapacious person
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A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines
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A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the mediumредкое
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A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planetредкое
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A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorizationредкое
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An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”)редкое