to sport

Definition von to sport im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: to mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with; Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive; A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes; to amuse oneself, to play; {n} diversion, pastime, jest, game, gingle; {v} to play, make merry, divert, trifle, game; To divert; to amuse; to make merry; used with the reciprocal pronoun; play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"; To trifle; an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition the occupation of athletes who compete for pay (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine someone who engages in sports wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat; verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision; A change which sometimes occurs in an established cultivar This may involve growth characteristics or mopre usefully a change in colour; A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship; A spontaneous mutation in growth habit or flower character (such as color or doubleness) that occurs on an established variety; it is most often seen as a branch that differs noticeably from its parent plant Plants propagated from the sport reproduce it as a distinct new variety Typical of a growth sport is a climbing form of a bush variety An example of a color sport is 'Chicago Peace', with blossoms in a blend of pink and orange-yellow; it was found on a plant of 'Peace', which normally bears light yellow and pink flowers; Sports are games such as football and basketball and other competitive leisure activities which need physical effort and skill. I'd say football is my favourite sport She excels at sport Billy turned on a radio to get the sports news; suitable for use in athletic activities; See Sporting plant, under Sporting; That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery; Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport; {i} game, athletic competition (especially one held outside); athletic activities collectively; recreation; jest; mockery; fair or sportsmanlike person (Informal); one known for the manner in which he follows rules and gets along with others (Informal); A sportsman; a gambler; (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine; A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects; Play; idle jingle; Soldier Portable-System Repair Tool; to bear a mark or wound with embarrassment; A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery; To play; to frolic; to wanton; Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp; That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement; the NORBA race catagory between beginner and expert; an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition; approval If you say that someone is a sport or a good sport, you mean that they cope with a difficult situation or teasing in a cheerful way. He was accused of having no sense of humor, of not being a good sport; An amorous dalliance; To represent by any knd of play; A variation or mutation that occurs within the plant and differs from the rest of the plant; A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth; A sport is a mutation (genetic change), naturally occurring or induced to arise from a bud It differs from the parent plant and can be vegetatively propagated to give rise to a new cultivar; the occupation of athletes who compete for pay; A naturally occurring, spontaneous genetic change in a plant; To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal; – an individual arising from the result of mutation or chimeral rearrangement that is genotypically or phenotypically different from the original individual; (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration; someone who engages in sports; To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races; when money is staked; To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; with off; as, to sport off epigrams; to wear (something) with pride; To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage; Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing; (mutation) Natural or induced genetic change, often exhibited as a variegated shoot or flower from the parent plant Sports can be vegetatively propagated to give rise to new cultivars; See Sport, n; wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"; {f} frolic, play; engage in sports; ridicule; trifle, joke, tease; show off, display ostentatiously; A phenomenon whereby a spontaneous mutation occurs within an otherwise stable plant variety It is caused by a genetic mutation and not as a result of cross pollination

to sport

Türkische aussprache

tı spôrt

Aussprache

/tə ˈspôrt/ /tə ˈspɔːrt/

Etymologie

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.