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oval [ˈəʊvəl] adj having the shape of an ellipse or ellipsoid n anything that is oval in shape, such as a sports ground [from Medieval Latin ōvālis, from Latin ōvum egg] ovally adv ovalness , ovality [əʊˈvælɪtɪ] n Oval [ˈəʊvəl] n
(Placename) the. a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
oval adjective elliptical, egg-shaped, ovoid, ovate, ellipsoidal, oviform a small oval picture frame Translations adj oval [ˈəuvəl] shaped like an egg an oval table. ovaal, eiervormig بَيْضَوي овален oválný oval oval ωοειδής oval, ovalado ovaalne بیضی شکل ovaali ovale סְגַלגַל अण्डाकार ovalan, jajolik ovális; tojás alakú bujur telur egglaga ovale 卵形の 계란 모양의 ovalus ovāls bujur ovaal oval, eggformet owalny oval oval овальный oválny ovalen ovalni oval ซึ่งเป็นรูปไข่ oval 卵形的,橢圓的 овальний بيضوي شکل کي چيز có hình bầu dục 卵形的,椭圆的 n an oval shape He drew an oval. ovaal شَكْل بَيْضَوي овал elipsa oval das Oval το ωοειδές σχήμα, το οβάλ óvalo ovaal بیضی ovaali ovale צוּרַת בֵּיצָה, אוֹבָלִי अण्डाकार ovalan oblik ovális (idom) bentuk bujur telur egglaga form ovale 卵形 타원형, 난형 ovalas ovāls bentuk bujur ovaal oval owal oval oval овал elipsa oval oval oval รูปไข่ oval bir şekil 卵形,橢圓形 овал بيضوي شکل hình bầu dục 卵形,椭圆形 oval → بيضوي oválný oval oval ωοειδής ovalado soikea oval ovalan ovale 卵形の 타원형의 ovaal oval owalny oval овальный oval ซึ่งเป็นรูปไข่ oval có hình trái xoan 椭圆的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But now, drawing back to the edge of the table, gradually lower your eye (thus bringing yourself more and more into the condition of the inhabitants of Flatland), and you will find the penny becoming more and more oval to your view, and at last when you have placed your eye exactly on the edge of the table (so that you are, as it were, actually a Flatlander) the penny will then have ceased to appear oval at all, and will have become, so far as you can see, a straight line. But the doctor, in carrying out a project known only to himself, resolved to fill his balloon only one-half; and, since he had to carry forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet of gas, to give his balloon nearly double capacity he arranged it in that elongated, oval shape which has come to be preferred. She had the quick, impulsive movements of her mother, the lips parting often to speak, and closing again; and the dark oval eyes of her father brimming with light upon a basis of sadness, or, since she was too young to have acquired a sorrowful point of view, one might say that the basis was not sadness so much as a spirit given to contemplation and self-control. |
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