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buck·le

(bŭk′əl)

1. A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other.

2. An ornament that resembles this clasp, such as a metal square on a shoe or hat.

3. An instance of bending, warping, or crumpling; a bend or bulge.

v. buck·led, buck·ling, buck·les

v.tr.

1. To fasten with a buckle.

2. To cause to bend, warp, or crumple.

v.intr.

1. To become fastened with a buckle.

2. To bend, warp, or crumple, as under pressure or heat.

3. To give way; collapse: My knees buckled with fear.

4. To succumb, as to exhaustion or authority; give in: finally buckled under the excessive demands of the job.

Phrasal Verbs:

buckle down

To apply oneself with determination.

buckle up

To use a safety belt, especially in an automobile.

[Middle English bokel, from Old French boucle, from Latin buccula, cheek strap of a helmet, diminutive of bucca, cheek.]

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buckle

(ˈbʌkəl)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a clasp for fastening together two loose ends, esp of a belt or strap, usually consisting of a frame with an attached movable prong

2. (Clothing & Fashion) an ornamental representation of a buckle, as on a shoe

3. a kink, bulge, or other distortion: a buckle in a railway track.

4. to fasten or be fastened with a buckle

5. to bend or cause to bend out of shape, esp as a result of pressure or heat

[C14: from Old French bocle, from Latin buccula a little cheek, hence, cheek strap of a helmet, from bucca cheek]

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buck•le

(ˈbʌk əl)

n., v. -led, -ling. n.

1. a clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim with one or more movable tongues, fixed to one end of a belt or strap, used for fastening to the other end or to another strap.

2. an ornament of metal, beads, etc., of similar appearance.

3. a bend, bulge, or kink, as in a board.

v.t.

4. to fasten with a buckle: Buckle your seat belt.

5. to shrivel, by applying heat or pressure; bend; curl.

6. to bend, warp, or cause to give way suddenly, as with heat or pressure.

v.i.

7. to close or fasten with a buckle

8. to bend, warp, bulge, or collapse.

9. to yield, surrender, or give way to another (often fol. by under).

10. buckle down, to set to work with vigor and determination.

11. buckle up, to fasten one's belt, seat belt, or buckles.

[1300–50; Middle English bocle < Anglo-French bo(u)cle, bucle < Latin buc(c)ula cheek strap of a helmet <bucc(a) cheek]

buck′le•less, adj.

buckle

Past participle: buckled
Gerund: buckling

Imperative
buckle
buckle

Present
I buckle
you buckle
he/she/it buckles
we buckle
you buckle
they buckle

Preterite
I buckled
you buckled
he/she/it buckled
we buckled
you buckled
they buckled

Present Continuous
I am buckling
you are buckling
he/she/it is buckling
we are buckling
you are buckling
they are buckling

Present Perfect
I have buckled
you have buckled
he/she/it has buckled
we have buckled
you have buckled
they have buckled

Past Continuous
I was buckling
you were buckling
he/she/it was buckling
we were buckling
you were buckling
they were buckling

Past Perfect
I had buckled
you had buckled
he/she/it had buckled
we had buckled
you had buckled
they had buckled

Future
I will buckle
you will buckle
he/she/it will buckle
we will buckle
you will buckle
they will buckle

Future Perfect
I will have buckled
you will have buckled
he/she/it will have buckled
we will have buckled
you will have buckled
they will have buckled

Future Continuous
I will be buckling
you will be buckling
he/she/it will be buckling
we will be buckling
you will be buckling
they will be buckling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been buckling
you have been buckling
he/she/it has been buckling
we have been buckling
you have been buckling
they have been buckling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been buckling
you will have been buckling
he/she/it will have been buckling
we will have been buckling
you will have been buckling
they will have been buckling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been buckling
you had been buckling
he/she/it had been buckling
we had been buckling
you had been buckling
they had been buckling

Conditional
I would buckle
you would buckle
he/she/it would buckle
we would buckle
you would buckle
they would buckle

Past Conditional
I would have buckled
you would have buckled
he/she/it would have buckled
we would have buckled
you would have buckled
they would have buckled

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Noun	1.	buckle - fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong belt buckle - the buckle used to fasten a belt fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place prong - a pointed projection
	2.	buckle - a shape distorted by twisting or folding warp distorted shape, distortion - a shape resulting from distortion
Verb	1.	buckle - fasten with a buckle or buckles clasp fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" unbuckle - undo the buckle of; "Unbuckle your seat belt"
	2.	buckle - fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" crumple cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
	3.	buckle - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" warp, heave change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"

buckle

noun

1. fastener, catch, clip, clasp, hasp He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.

verb

1. fasten, close, secure, hook, clasp A man came out buckling his belt.

2. distort, bend, warp, crumple, contort A freak wave had buckled the deck.

3. collapse, bend, twist, fold, give way, subside, cave in, crumple His right leg buckled under him.

buckle down (Informal) apply yourself, set to, fall to, pitch in, get busy, get cracking (informal), exert yourself, put your shoulder to the wheel I just buckled down and got on with playing.

buckle under give in, yield, concede, submit, surrender, succumb, cave in (informal), capitulate They accused him of buckling under to right-wing religious groups.

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buckle

verb

1. To fall in:

cave in, collapse, crumple, give, go.

Idiom: give way.

2. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength:

bow, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender, yield.

Informal: fold.

phrasal verb
buckle down

To devote (oneself or one's efforts):

address, apply, bend, concentrate, dedicate, devote, direct, focus, give, turn.

Translations

إِبْزيمإبزيم، بُكْلَهيَثْني، يُحدّبيَرْبِطُ، يُثْبِتُ، يُبَكِّلُ

přezkapřipnoutsponakroutitohnout

spænde

Schnalle schnallen umschnallen

αγκράφα πόρπη

hebilla

solkivyön solki

boucle boucler déformer

kopča

becsatol

beyglagyrîa, festa meî sylgjusylgja

fibbia allacciare deformarsi

バックル

버클

sagtissusilankstytiužsisegti

aizsprādzētsaliektsaliektiessasprādzētsprādze

gesp

spenne spenne beltet spenne om seg gi etter krumme seg

sprzączka

fivela afivelar

пряжка складка

prackapripnúť

zaponka

spänne

หัวเข็มขัด

bük mekeğ mekkemer kemer tokası kopça

khóa

使...变形带扣弯曲扣子把...扣住

buckle

[ˈbʌkl]

A. N [of shoe, belt] → hebilla f

B. VT

1. [+ shoe, belt] → abrochar

2. (= warp) [+ wheel, girder] → combar, torcer

3. [+ knees] → doblar

C. VI [wheel, girder] → combarse, torcerse; [knees] → doblarse

buckle down VI + ADV → ponerse a trabajar
to buckle down to a job → dedicarse en serio a una tarea

buckle in VT + ADV to buckle a baby in → abrochar el cinturón de un niño

buckle on VT + ADV [+ armour, sword] → ceñirse

buckle to VI + ADV → ponerse a trabajar

buckle up VI + ADV (US) → ponerse el cinturón de seguridad

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buckle

[ˈbʌk^əl]

n → boucle f

[+ belt] → boucler, attacher

(= warp) [+ metal] → tordre, gauchir; [+ wheel] → voiler

(= bend) [metal] → gauchir, se déformer; [wheel] → se voiler

(= give way) [person] → céder; [leg, knee] → céder

buckle down

vi → s'y mettre

buckle

(on belt, shoe) → Schnalle f, → Spange f

(in metal etc) → Beule f; (concave also) → Delle f; there’s a nasty buckle in this girder → dieser Träger ist übel eingebeult or (twisted) → verbogen; there’s a nasty buckle in this wheel → dieses Rad ist übel verbogen

belt, shoes → zuschnallen

wheel, girder etc → verbiegen; (= dent) → verbeulen

(belt, shoe) → mit einer Schnalle or Spange geschlossen werden

(wheel, metal) → sich verbiegen

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buckle

[ˈbʌkl]

1. n → fibbia, fermaglio

2. vt

a. (shoe, belt) → allacciare

b. (wheel, girder) → distorcere, piegare; (warp) → deformare

3. vi (see vt) → allacciarsi, chiudersi con una fibbia, distorcersi, piegarsi

buckle down vi + adv to buckle down to a job → mettersi a lavorare d'impegno or di buzzo buono, mettersi sotto

buckle

(ˈbakl) noun

a fastening for a strap or band. a belt with a silver buckle.

verb

1. to fasten with a buckle. He buckled on his sword.

2. (usually of something metal) to make or become bent or crushed. The metal buckled in the great heat.

buckle

→ إِبْزيم přezka spænde Schnalle αγκράφα hebilla vyön solki boucle kopča fibbia バックル 버클 gesp spenne sprzączka fivela пряжка spänne หัวเข็มขัด kemer tokası khóa 带扣

buckle

n. hebilla;

to ___ together → unir, atar, juntar.

buckle

n hebilla; vt abrochar(se)

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Carpenter, when he's through with that buckle, tell him to forge a pair of steel shoulder-blades; there's a pedlar aboard with a crushing pack.

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In journeys, when I was weary of the coach, a servant on horseback would buckle on my box, and place it upon a cushion before him; and there I had a full prospect of the country on three sides, from my three windows.

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as to affirm, for instance, following Buckle, that through civilisation mankind becomes softer, and consequently less bloodthirsty and less fitted for warfare.

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In the centre lay a leather mattress, placed almost flat upon the ground, over which hung a strap provided with a buckle, attached to a brass ring in the mouth of a flat-nosed monster carved in the keystone of the vault.

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This conception is the one handle by means of which the material of history, as at present expounded, can be dealt with, and anyone who breaks that handle off, as Buckle did, without finding some other method of treating historical material, merely deprives himself of the one possible way of dealing with it.

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A richly wrought leathern girdle, studded with precious stones, and held in place by a huge carved buckle of gold, clasped the garment about her waist so that the upper portion fell outward over the girdle after the manner of a blouse.

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massa Richard, maybe a ten rod,” cried the black, bending under one of the horses, with the pretence of fastening a buckle, but in reality to conceal the grin that opened a mouth from ear to ear.

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To all this Robin answered never a word, but, having softly felt around till he found the buckle of the belt that held the Friar's sword, he worked slyly at the fastenings, seeking to loosen them.

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He might have stepped out of the pages of `Jesse James.' He wore a sombrero hat, with a wide leather band and a bright buckle, and the ends of his moustache were twisted up stiffly, like little horns.

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They had shining buckles at the knees of their small-clothes, and buckles likewise in their shoes.

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He was always seen in a maroon-colored coat with gilt buttons, half-tight breeches of poult-de-soie with gold buckles, a white waistcoat without embroidery, and a tight cravat showing no shirt-collar,--a last vestige of the old French costume which he did not renounce, perhaps, because it enabled him to show a neck like that of the sleekest abbe.

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They have three-cornered cocked hats, purple waistcoats reaching down to their thighs, buckskin knee-breeches, red stockings, heavy shoes with big silver buckles, long surtout coats with large buttons of mother-of-pearl.