wives

Definition von wives im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: of Wife; pl; Wives is the plural of wife. Plural of wife. the plural of wife; plural of wife; wiues
aad wives: plural form of aad wife
old wives' tale: A supposed truth that has been passed down by word of mouth
old wives' tale: A rumour, myth or superstition; something which is almost certainly untrue, despite acceptance by many
old wives' tales: plural form of old wives' tale
trophy wives: plural form of trophy wife
wife: A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse
wife: The female of a pair of mated animals
A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
wive: To provide (someone) with a wife
wive: To marry (a woman)
wife: {n} a married woman, a low mean woman
wive: {v} to take for or match to a wife, to marry
Merry Wives of Windsor: a humorous play by William Shakespeare in which the character Falstaff appears
Stepford Wives: a horror film based on a book by Ira Levin, about a group of married women in a US village whose husbands secretly replace them with robots. The robots look exactly like the women, but they are designed to be interested only in cooking, cleaning their houses, and pleasing their husbands in every way. The phrase is sometimes used to describe women who behave in this way (1975)
The Stepford Wives: {i} 1972 novel written by Ira Levin (in which the men of Stepford replaced their wives with robots)
battered wives: women who are abused by their husbands
hostel for battered wives: place that provides a refuge for women beaten by their husbands
old wives fables: folk tales
old wives' tale: a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
old wives' tale: An old wives' tale is a traditional belief, especially one which is incorrect. Ann Bradley dispels the old wives' tales and gives the medical facts. A superstitious belief or story belonging to traditional folklore
old wives' tales: superstitious stories, superstitious beliefs
wife: zona [ZHAW-na] I suppose one way to remember this is to think of Mona Lisa Replace the M with Z (there are a lot of Z's in Polish) and you've got zona Easier to remember than La Gioconda : -) Date of entry: 31 March 2000
wife: {i} female spouse; woman acting in a particular capacity (used in combination: e.g. midwife); woman (Old Usage)
wife: A woman; an adult female; now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like
wife: someone who is too beautiful for words -- but not for arguments
wife: The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; correlative of husband
wife: n wife [OE wÃ¯f]
wife: Yashoda, William's wife of twelve years
wife: The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen 2: 24; Matt 19: 4-6) Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen 4: 19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband A wife's legal rights (Ex 21: 10) and her duties (Prov 31: 10-31; 1 Tim 5: 14) are specified She could be divorced in special cases (Deut 22: 13-21), but could not divorce her husband Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (Matt 19: 3-9) The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (1 Cor 7: 2-5; Eph 5: 22-33; Col 3: 18, 19; 1 Pet 3: 1-7)
wife: A woman (compare old wife and aad wife)
wife: A man's wife is the woman he is married to. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago The woman was the wife of a film director. see also old wives' tale. W1S1 wives the woman that a man is married to husband, spouse spouse
wife: a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
wife: {f} marry a wife (rare usage)
wife: The person that is either mad at you for playing too much golf or that you are mad at because she beat you the last time you played together
wife: The person who is mad at you for always golfing
wife: la esposa
wife: A married woman
wife: a woman who constantly complains that you have overpaid for everything, including the birthday gift you bought for her
wife: n One who scolds you for not unbuttoning your shirts before giving them her to wash but who, whilst ironing, promptly buttons them up again
wife: dutch
wive: To marry, as a man; to take a wife
wive: provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife marry a woman, take a wife take (someone) as a wife
wive: take (someone) as a wife
wive: To marry a woman
wive: To take for a wife; to marry
wive: marry a woman, take a wife
wive: {f} marry a wife; take a wife; get married; give a woman as a wife
wive: To match to a wife; to provide with a wife
wive: To provide someone with a wife
wive: provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife