Synonyms for dart
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dahrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɑrt |
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Définition of dart
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French dart "throwing spear, arrow," from Proto-Germanic *darothuz cf. Old English daroð, Old High German tart, Old Norse darraþr "dart"). Italian and Spanish dardo are said to be from Germanic by way of Old Provençal.
- verb race away; propel
- This dart which I hold in my hand was once grim Death's own weapon.
- Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Edwin was skilled to toss the dart; from his hand it flew unerring to its aim.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- The Snake would then dart at them, and eat all he could seize.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- "But you've never failed," Miss Adair exclaimed, with a dart of fear in her eyes.
- Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
- But when I threw in a live remora, how these hungry fish did dart away!
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- She used to dart at one from some dark recesses which I never explored.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Jim guessed that in an instant the Ray could be made to dart out of the lens.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- Suddenly she turned and attempted to dart across the street.
- Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
- They were to me like the stroke of a dart, which penetrated through my heart.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- I had thrust such a dart into him, as he would never be able to draw out.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
Antonyms for dart
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