Buckle
noun
- 1.
- (A metal clasp for fastening straps, bands, etc., a bend or kink) ក្រវិល, ផ្នត់សក់, របត់ (ផ្លូវទឹក) / របត់ (ផ្លូវអយស័្មយយានបត់) / ការហោះក្រឡាប់មួយជុំ, កន្លាស់ belt buckle ក្លាស់គន្លឹះ (ក្រវិល, ទំពក់... ។ល។) / buckle in the floor កន្លែងប៉ោងឡើង
verb — past tense: buckled ; past participle: buckled ; present participle: buckling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Buckle in the sun ប៉ោង, ឡើងង, សើចរមួលខ្លួន, ទន់ឡើងកោងដូចដងធ្នូ buckle under pressure ទន់ទៅតាម, buckle down to ខំប្រឹងប្រែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
- 2.
- A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
- 3.
- A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
- 4.
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
verb — past tense: buckled ; past participle: buckled ; present participle: buckling ;
- 1.
- To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
- 2.
- To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
- 3.
- To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
- 4.
- To join in marriage.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.