venerable
ven·e·ra·ble /ˈvenərəbəl/ adjective
- [usually before noun] formal a venerable person or thing is respected because of their great age, experience etc – often used humorously:
- venerable financial institutions
- the venerable guitarist Pat Martino
- a venerable tradition
whine
whine /waɪn/ verb
- [intransitive and transitive] to complain in a sad annoying voice about something SYN moan:
- Oh Charlotte, please stop whining.
- ‘I don’t understand,’ whined Rose.
- whine about
- The sergeant was whining about how hard he had been forced to work recently.
- [intransitive] to make a long high sound because you are in pain or unhappy:
- He could hear the dog whining behind the door.
- [intransitive] if a machine whines, it makes a continuous high sound
- whine noun [countable]:
- The baby’s howl turned to a high-pitched whine.
- the whine of a vacuum cleaner
trailing
trail·ing /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/ adjective
- a trailing plant grows along the ground or hangs down
rustle
rus·tle1 /ˈrʌsəl/ verb
- [intransitive and transitive] if leaves, papers, clothes etc rustle, or if you rustle them, they make a noise as they rub against each other:
- She moved nearer, her long silk skirt rustling around her.
- He rustled the papers on his desk.
- [transitive] to steal farm animals such as cattle, horses, or sheep
- rustle something ↔ up phrasal verb informal
- to make a meal quickly:
- I’ll rustle up a couple of steaks on the barbecue.
ape
ape2 verb [transitive]
- to copy the way someone speaks or behaves in order to make fun of them SYN mimic:
- He could ape his teachers perfectly.
- to copy someone’s way of doing something, so that what you do or produce is not good or original SYN mimic:
- cheap clothes which ape the high fashions of the day