Become+sour

  • 11sour — sour1 [sauə US saur] adj [: Old English; Origin: sur] 1.) having a sharp acid taste, like the taste of a ↑lemon or a fruit that is not ready to be eaten ≠ ↑sweet →↑bitter ▪ Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour. ▪ sour cherries →↑sweet and sour …

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  • 12sour — 1 adjective 1 having a sharp acid taste that stings your tongue, like the taste of a lemon: sour, tangy apples | Sprinkle a little sugar over the strawberries if they are sour. compare bitter 1 (4), sweet 1 (1) 2 milk or other food that is sour… …

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  • 13sour — saÊŠÉ™(r) n. one of the four primary tastes (along with bitter, salty and sweet); something with a sour flavor; alcoholic beverage made with lemon or lime juice mixed with sugar and whiskey or gin v. cause to turn sour; make bitter, disillusion;… …

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  • 14sour — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin to Old High German sūr sour, Lithuanian sūrus salty Date: before 12th century 1. causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by …

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  • 15sour — 1. adjective a) having an acid, sharp or tangy taste b) made rancid by fermentation etc 2. noun …

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  • 16sour — adjective 1》 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar. 2》 (of food, especially milk) having gone bad because of fermentation.     ↘having a rancid smell. 3》 showing resentment, disappointment, or anger. 4》 (of soil) deficient in lime. 5》 (of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 17sour — adj. Wright’s L. P. p. 114. AS. sur v. n. == become sour. Alys. 7002 …

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  • 18sour — Ⅰ. sour UK US /saʊər/ verb [I or T] ► to become, or cause to become, less pleasant, friendly, or successful: »Meeting clients unexpectedly can sour a relationship. »Loans are souring, as bankruptcies and the bad debts they leave behind keep… …

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  • 19sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …

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  • 20become — verb /bI kVm/ past tense became /bi keIm/ past participle become 1 (linking verb) to begin to be something, or to develop in a particular way: He became King at the age of 17. | After the death of her father she became the richest woman in the… …

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