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PRONUNCIATION OF HAWKLIKE

hawklike  [ˈhɔːkˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAWKLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hawklike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HAWKLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hawklike in the English dictionary

The definition of hawklike in the dictionary is resembling a hawk.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAWKLIKE


beaklike
ˈbiːkˌlaɪk
chalklike
ˈtʃɔːkˌlaɪk
clerk-like
ˈklɑːkˌlaɪk
corklike
ˈkɔːkˌlaɪk
epic-like
ˈɛpɪkˌlaɪk
forklike
ˈfɔːkˌlaɪk
lake-like
ˈleɪkˌlaɪk
masklike
ˈmɑːskˌlaɪk
milklike
ˈmɪlkˌlaɪk
parklike
ˈpɑːkˌlaɪk
peaklike
ˈpiːkˌlaɪk
rocklike
ˈrɒkˌlaɪk
saclike
ˈsækˌlaɪk
sharklike
ˈʃɑːkˌlaɪk
smokelike
ˈsməʊkˌlaɪk
snakelike
ˈsneɪkˌlaɪk
stalklike
ˈstɔːkˌlaɪk
sticklike
ˈstɪkˌlaɪk
streaklike
ˈstriːkˌlaɪk
tanklike
ˈtæŋkˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAWKLIKE

hawkbit
Hawke
hawker
hawkey
Hawkeye State
hawkie
hawking
Hawking radiation
Hawkins
hawkish
hawkishly
hawkishness
hawkit
hawknose
Hawks
hawksbill
hawksbill turtle
hawkshaw
Hawksmoor
hawkweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAWKLIKE

alike
bricklike
brooklike
clocklike
cocklike
disklike
dislike
folklike
hooklike
husklike
inklike
like
nooklike
oaklike
sacklike
silklike
smocklike
there´s nothing like
tusklike
unlike

Synonyms and antonyms of hawklike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hawklike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAWKLIKE

Find out the translation of hawklike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hawklike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hawklike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hawklike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

halcón
570 millions of speakers

English

hawklike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hawklike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hawklike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ястребиное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falcão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hawklike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oiseau de proie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hawklike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hawklike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hawklike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hawklike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hawklike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hawklike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hawklike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉकमुख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hawklike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hawklike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Яструбине
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hawklike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hawklike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hawklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hawklike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hawklike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hawklike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWKLIKE»

The term «hawklike» is used very little and occupies the 176.042 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWKLIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hawklike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWKLIKE»

Discover the use of hawklike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hawklike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ovid Renewed: Ovidian Influences on Literature and Art from ...
Already, in a reverie he has seen 'a hawklike man flying sunwards above the sea' (184) ; and later, standing in the classical portico of the National Library on a spring evening,43 he watches like an augur the flying birds and experiences a ...
Charles Martindale, 1990
2
Cowbirds and Other Brood Parasites
Many cuckoos have a hawklike hunting strategy that requires the same sit and watch approach, with long periods of motionless waiting for suitable prey items. This contrasts with the foraging strategy of many other arboreal birds that constantly ...
Catherine P. Ortega, 1998
3
Deadly Edge: A Parker Novel
The other one, more hawklike, stood back with the small smile of the spectator on his mouth. Parker lifted the hand with the automatic in it. The hawklike one saw the movement, saw him standing there, and yelled, "Manny! Back!" Manny?
Richard Stark, 2010
4
James Joyce and Heraldry
Throughout A Portrait, Stephen contemplates his birdlike identity with specific reference to medieval iconography: Was it a quaint device opening a page of some medieval book of prophecies and symbols, a hawklike man flying sunward  ...
Michael J. O'Shea, 1986
5
Minos and the Moderns : Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century ...
and gazing up, Dedalus does not himself take flight; instead he seems “to see a winged form flying above the waves and slowly climbing the air,” like Daedalus leading Icarus on their flight, and recognizes in the hawklike man “a symbol of the  ...
Professor of German and Comparative Literature Theodore Ziolkowski Professor of Modern Languages Emeritus, Emeritus Princeton University, 2008
6
Uses of the Past in the Novels of William Faulkner
He seemed to stand above them, all around them, with his bearded, hawklike face and the bold glamor of his dream. (5) At the end of The Unvanquished it appears that the direct sources of the Colonel's peculiar power over the Sartorises are ...
Carl Rollyson, 2007
7
The Aesthetics of Dedalus and Bloom
Joyce offered in A Portrait only one image of escape: Daedalus, the hawklike man. Unlike the women Stephen creates in his imagination, and unlike the priestly role of the artist he adopts, Daedalus does not repeatedly appear in the writing of ...
Marguerite Harkness, 1984
8
Medieval Joyce
In fact, the "quaint device" of this hawklike portrait appears at the beginning of Eugenio Camerini's annotated edition of Dante's epic poem which one might well call a "medieval book of prophecies and symbols". Besides his beak-like nose, ...
Lucia Boldrini, 2002
9
The Antimodernism of Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a ...
Later, while standing on the steps of the library, he sees the birds flying around the house at the corner of Molesworth Street; he sees them as birds of augury, and he thinks again of "the hawklike man whose name he bore" (p. 225). But even ...
Weldon Thornton, 1994
10
And now it's Michele
The. hawklike. eyes. of. the. man. who. discovered. Lombard,. Hayworth. and. Bacall. have. blinked: AND. NOW. IT'S. MICHELE. Dressed for the tropics, Michelebonesupon English script. She is 22 and had played in five French movies before ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWKLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hawklike is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His …
In a self-portrait from 1889-92, Oller has a lean, handsome face, a hawklike nose, closely cropped hair, a full, graying beard. Most of all, he has ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
The Most Deadly Summer
Nehru read two novels, while Jinnah “buried his hawklike nose in a new screed about Pakistan entitled 'A Nation Betrayed.' ” During an ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
'Surf City' singer Dean Torrence, minus Jan, still rides the wave in …
Striding along the pier, looking somehow hawklike with his eyes squinting against the sun and his hair – mostly white now – cropped high and ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
4
Manning Prosecutor Breaks Silence on WikiLeaks Case
Findings by psychiatrists that Manning's depression was under control, however, did not end the hawklike watch on the high-profile detainee. «Courthouse News Service, Jun 15»
5
Dean Potter: Mountain Freak
His prominent hawklike nose bends hard to the left, the result of a childhood injury. There's an oddly cubist quality to his handsome face; think ... «Men's Journal, May 15»
6
The Connection Feels Like a Slick Knockoff
With their hawklike features and their dark, swept-back hair, the two even look like one another — so much so that at one point, I thought ... «Vulture, May 15»
7
Review: David Gates Delivers More Havoc in 'A Hand Reached …
The article called him “a tall, vigorous man, with hawklike features, whose restless energy belies his 65 years,” a line they would later treat as a ... «New York Times, May 15»
8
TV best bets: Sun., April 26
She also must undergo daily urine screens, not to mention the hawklike scrutiny of Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith), who has no intention of ... «NorthJersey.com, Apr 15»
9
'H Is for Hawk' and for Healing
Mabel is two pounds, two ounces of accipitral (hawklike, rapacious) power. With Mabel perched on her fist, Macdonald plummets into a world ... «PopMatters, Apr 15»
10
Review: 'The Tailor of Inverness,' a Father-Son Tale at Brits Off …
He has a thin face and a thin body, his hair recedes in a widow's peak and square-framed glasses sit on his slightly hawklike nose. When he ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

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