1. parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
1. parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
1. to rely on; to depend on
1. to have a cramp; to twitch
2. to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze
3. to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
1. to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle
2. to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
+ 2 additional meanings1. to hang; to hang up
1. newspaper story (article, account)
1. article; news story
1. to become overgrown; to grow thick
2. to spread; to run rampant
1. to lean (to one side); to incline
2. to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards
3. to be partial; to be biased