Beetle
noun
- 1.
- (A coleopterous insect with four wings, the outer pair of which are bard and shiny and serve to protect the inner pair) សត្វល្អិតមួយចំពូក (អណ្ដើកមាស ។ល។) / សត្វកញ្ចែ, អន្លូងក្បាលស្វាធំ, អន្លូងរុំក្បាលម្ខាង (ដូចជាអន្លូងរនាត) / បុកបង្ហាប់ដោយជើងដំរី, កញ្ចក់បត្ដសត្វ (សន្ដានសត្វដែលមានស្លាបរឹងគ្របលើស្លាបស្ដើង)
verb — past tense: beetled ; past participle: beetled ; present participle: beetling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Beetle along about away off ធ្វើដំណើរតាមបណ្ដោយរឺទៅគ្រប់ទីកន្លែងរឺចេញទៅដោយប្រញាប់ប្រញាល់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- 2.
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
verb — past tense: beetled ; past participle: beetled ; present participle: beetling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To beat with a heavy mallet.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.