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Forceful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The champ ended the boxing match with a pile driver blow to his opponent’s jaw.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person or thing who hits or attacks forcefully or powerfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She scored a goal with a pile driver from the edge of the penalty box
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a machine that drives piling into the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
keihard
— forceful
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Dutch:
krachtig
— forceful
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Finnish:
junttamainen
— forceful
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Afrikaans:
heimasjien
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Arabic:
مِدَقّ
(midaqq)
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Arabic:
مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Chinese Mandarin:
打樁機 /打桩机
(dǎzhuāngjī)
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Czech:
beranidlo
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Danish:
rambuk
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Dutch:
heistelling
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Finnish:
paalujuntta
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Finnish:
juntta
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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French:
sonnette
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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German:
Ramme
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Hungarian:
cölöpverőkos
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Hungarian:
cölöpverőgép
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Icelandic:
fallhamar
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Italian:
battipalo
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Italian:
berta
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Japanese:
杭打ち機
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Latin:
fistūca
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Norwegian Bokmål:
påledriver
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
påledrivar
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Polish:
kafar
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Portuguese:
bate-estacas
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Romanian:
sonetă
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Russian:
копёр
(kopjór)
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Spanish:
martinete
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Swedish:
pålkran
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Tagalog:
martinete
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Turkish:
kazık çakıcı
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
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Ukrainian:
копер
(koper)
— machine for forcing a pile into the ground
