Peck - Meaning in Bengali

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Peck - Meaning in Bengali

Peck Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of Peck in English

peck noun

1. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

   Synonyms

   peck, peck

2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

   Synonyms

   peck, peck

3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   Synonyms

   batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, heap, lot, lot, mass, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, peck, pile, plenty, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

   Examples

   • "a batch of letters"
   • "a deal of trouble"
   • "a lot of money"
   • "a slew of journalists"
   • "a wad of money"
   • "he made a mint on the stock market"
   • "it must have cost plenty"
   • "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"

peck verb

1. bother persistently with trivial complaints

   Synonyms

   hen-peck, nag, nag, peck, peck

   Example

   • "She nags her husband all day long"
2. eat like a bird

   Synonyms

   peck at, peck, peck, pick at

   Example

   • "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
3. eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonyms

   peck, peck, pick up

4. hit lightly with a picking motion

   Synonyms

   beak, peck, peck, pick

5. kiss lightly

   Synonyms

   peck, peck, smack

Synonyms of Peck

• batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
• hen-peck, nag
• peck at, pick at
• pick up
• beak, pick
• smack

Description

A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the U.S..

Also see "Peck" on Wikipedia

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