bitter ends

English - Turkish

Definition of bitter ends in English Turkish dictionary

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bitter end

Gemilerde demirin zincirinin gemiye bağlı olduğu yer

bitter end

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bitter end

acı son

English - English

Definition of bitter ends in English English dictionary

plural form of bitter end

Related Terms

bitter end

The end of a long and difficult process

bitter end

that part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor

Note: To pay out a rope to the bitter end means to pay it all out.

bitter end

the final six fathoms of anchor chain before the point of attachment in the chain locker of modern U.S.naval vessels, with these six fathoms often painted blue, white and red to warn deck hands of the end of available anchor chain

bitter END

1 The extreme end of a line, see bight; 2 The end made fast when all line has been played out

bitter END

last end of a rope or inboard end of an anchor cable secured to a bitt

bitter END

The last part of a rope or chain; the inboard end of the anchor rope

bitter END

the open end of a rope

bitter END

The end of a line Also the end of the anchor rode attached to the boat

bitter END

the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

bitter END

(The ) A outrance; with relentless hostility; also applied to affliction, as, “she bore it to the bitter end,” meaning to the last stroke of adverse fortune “All Thy waves have gone over me, but I have borne up under them to the bitter end ” Here “bitter end” means the end of the rope The “bitter-end” is a sea term meaning “that part of the cable which is “abaft the bitts ” When there is no windlass the cables are fastened to bitts, that is, pieces of timber so called; and when a rope is payed out to the bitter-end, or to these pieces of timber, all of it is let out, and no more remains However, we read in Prov v 4, “Her end is bitter as wormwood,” which, after all, may be the origin of the phrase

bitter END

The very end of a piece of rope

bitter END

Usually used in conjunction with "push," as in "pushed to the bitter end," this phrase means not just that the passageway ended, but that it ended in grim or dangerous circumstances

bitter END

The last part of a cable left around the "bitts" when the rest is overboard

bitter END

(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt

bitter end

final completion of something (especially something that is potentially very painful or unpleasant)

bitter end

(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end

Hyphenation

bit·ter ends

Turkish pronunciation

bîtır endz

Pronunciation

/ˈbətər ˈendz/ /ˈbɪtɜr ˈɛndz/