a banca llena
English translation: bank-full
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|  Selected response from: K Donnelly United States Local time: 03:39 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | bank-full |
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| 4 | at top level |
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| 4 | to the brim |
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| 4 | At full crest |
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at top level Explanation: Mi sugerencia. For example, the river is at top level. |
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to the brim Explanation: :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2010-05-24 02:16:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- At times of high tide the river bed is filled to the brim whereas at low tides a comparatively insignificant stream at the bottom of the groove flows toward ... adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1951JRASC..45..225D - Similar -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2010-05-24 02:17:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Water holes are filled to the brim! Cattle tuck into lush grass ... www.cmsireland.org/blog/.../they-say-it-never-rains-but-it-... - Cached -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2010-05-24 02:17:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Let the banks of Jordan be filled to the brim, filled till they rush over ... www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Gleanings.../joshua_06.htm - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2010-05-24 02:19:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Boats that had been moored on dry lake beds now floated on lakes filled to the brim. ... science.howstuffworks.com › ... › Climate and Weather › Storms - Cached -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2010-05-24 02:20:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: filled to bursting -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2010-05-24 02:22:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- a wee bit more dynamic but prefer "to the brim" |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1bank-full Explanation: This is used in technical/scientific texts. Here are some terms that might help with your document: Bank-full Stage: The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/publications... Bank-full channel – The area of the channel formed by bank-full discharge. Bank-full cross-sectional area – The area of the bank-full channel measured along a vertical plane perpendicular to the stream to determine channel form. Bank-full discharge – The streamflow at which channel maintenance and movement of bedload sediment are most effective. The bank-full discharge corresponds to bank-full stage. Bank-full mean depth – The mean depth of the bank-full channel measured perpendicular to the streamflow. Bank-full width – The width of the bank-full channel measured along a vertical plane perpendicular to the stream. http://www.michigandnr.com/PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/te... |
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At full crest Explanation: If referring to a river or similar body of flowing water. Brim OK for standing liquid= cup, well, revervoir perhaps a lake. Another alternative is at its peak. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.nationallife.com/public/histarchive/hist_boltonda... |
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