Meaning of "kite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KITE

Old English cӯta; related to Middle High German küze owl, Old Norse kӯta to quarrel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF KITE

kite  [kaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KITE

Kite is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb kite in English.

WHAT DOES KITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kite

A kite is an aircraft consisting of multiple wings tethered to an anchor system. Frequently a wing of a kite is referenced as "kite". The necessary lift that sustains the kite in flight is generated when air flows above the kite's surface, producing low pressure above and high pressure below the wings. The interaction with the wind also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the lines or tethers to which the kite is attached. The anchor point of the kite line may be static or moving. The same principles can be used in water and experiments have also been made with lighter-than-air kites Kites may be flown for recreation, art or other practical uses. Sport kites can be flown in aerial ballet, sometimes as part of a competition. Power kites are multi-line steerable kites designed to generate large forces which can be used to power activities such as kite surfing, kite landboarding, kite fishing, kite buggying and a new trend snow kiting. Kites towed behind boats can lift passengers which has had useful military applications in the past.

Definition of kite in the English dictionary

The first definition of kite in the dictionary is a light frame covered with a thin material flown in the wind at the end of a length of string. Other definition of kite is an aeroplane. Kite is also any of various light sails set in addition to the working sails of a vessel.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO KITE

PRESENT

Present

I kite

you kite

he/she/it kites

we kite

you kite

they kite

Present continuous

I am kiting

you are kiting

he/she/it is kiting

we are kiting

you are kiting

they are kiting

Present perfect

I have kited

you have kited

he/she/it has kited

we have kited

you have kited

they have kited

Present perfect continuous

I have been kiting

you have been kiting

he/she/it has been kiting

we have been kiting

you have been kiting

they have been kiting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I kited

you kited

he/she/it kited

we kited

you kited

they kited

Past continuous

I was kiting

you were kiting

he/she/it was kiting

we were kiting

you were kiting

they were kiting

Past perfect

I had kited

you had kited

he/she/it had kited

we had kited

you had kited

they had kited

Past perfect continuous

I had been kiting

you had been kiting

he/she/it had been kiting

we had been kiting

you had been kiting

they had been kiting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will kite

you will kite

he/she/it will kite

we will kite

you will kite

they will kite

Future continuous

I will be kiting

you will be kiting

he/she/it will be kiting

we will be kiting

you will be kiting

they will be kiting

Future perfect

I will have kited

you will have kited

he/she/it will have kited

we will have kited

you will have kited

they will have kited

Future perfect continuous

I will have been kiting

you will have been kiting

he/she/it will have been kiting

we will have been kiting

you will have been kiting

they will have been kiting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would kite

you would kite

he/she/it would kite

we would kite

you would kite

they would kite

Conditional continuous

I would be kiting

you would be kiting

he/she/it would be kiting

we would be kiting

you would be kiting

they would be kiting

Conditional perfect

I would have kite

you would have kite

he/she/it would have kite

we would have kite

you would have kite

they would have kite

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been kiting

you would have been kiting

he/she/it would have been kiting

we would have been kiting

you would have been kiting

they would have been kiting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you kite
we let´s kite
you kite

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to kite

Past participle

kited

Present Participle

kiting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF KITE

Find out the translation of kite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of kite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 风筝
• Translator English - Spanish: cometa
• English: kite
• Translator English - Hindi: पतंग
• Translator English - Arabic: طَائِرَةٌ وَرَقِيَّةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: воздушный змей
• Translator English - Portuguese: pipa
• Translator English - Bengali: ঘুড়ি
• Translator English - French: cerf-volant
• Translator English - Malay: Layang-layang
• Translator English - German: Drachen
• Translator English - Japanese: 凧
• Translator English - Korean: 연
• Translator English - Javanese: Layangan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: diều
• Translator English - Tamil: காத்தாடி
• Translator English - Marathi: पतंग
• Translator English - Turkish: uçurtma
• Translator English - Italian: aquilone
• Translator English - Polish: latawiec
• Translator English - Ukrainian: повітряний змій
• Translator English - Romanian: zmeu
• Translator English - Greek: χαρταετός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vlieër
• Translator English - Swedish: glada
• Translator English - Norwegian: drage

10 QUOTES WITH «KITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kite.

1

Lauren Bacall

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

2

David Benioff

I've never flown a kite.

3

Alan Cohen

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.

4

Paloma Faith

I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.

5

Anthony Goldbloom

I love kite surfing and mountain bike riding. It's kind of interesting; my kite surfing ability has probably deteriorated with the rate of Kaggle's success.

6

Keith Henson

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

7

Maika Monroe

I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.

8

Maika Monroe

Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.

9

Maika Monroe

I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.

10

Anais Nin

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KITE»

Discover the use of kite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Kite Runner: Rejacketed

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him.

Khaled Hosseini, 2011

The Great Kite Book

A collection of nineteen kite designs--complete with instructions--includes a history of kiting and kite lore

Norman Schmidt, 1997

Kite

"Burgess is a fine writer of dramatic narrative" -The Observer

Melvin Burgess, 2005

Kite Flying in the Village: A Guyanese Girl's Story

Another part of kite flying is when mischievous children cut down kites by attaching a razor to their own kites. In this story the main character Anya deals with a mean boy named Joey who lives next door.

Myrtle Watson, 2011

The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, ...

Provides step-by-step instruction for designing a variety of kites, and offers tips on material selection and flying techniques.

Maxwell Eden, 2002

Kite

Within the ship's systems, beautiful, virtual stowaway Sheila finds romance and revolution. Only Kite and crew stand against Earth's destruction.

Bill Shears, 2009

The Kite Rider

A row of men, like a tug-of-war team, moved gradually backwards across the landscape, playing the kite, paying out more line, coaxing it higher and higher. And Kublai Khan saw that the kite was manned. A slightly built boy was slung from a ...

Geraldine McCaughrean, 2002

Everything and a Kite

The star of the hit CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond presents a book of wry, telling observations on suburban family life as seen by a slightly neurotic Italian-American father of four. Reprint.

Ray Romano, 1999

The Kite Fighters

In a riveting narrative set in fifteenth-century Korea, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites.

Linda Sue Park, 2010

Curious George Flies a Kite

George's adventures with bunnies, fishing poles, and a powerful kite are told in a simplified text suitable for first-graders to read themselves.

H. A. Rey, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kite is used in the context of the following news items.

Lifeguards rescue kite surfer who got into difficulty on Benone beach …

RNLI lifeguards have rescued a kite surfer who got into difficulty on Benone Strand this morning. At 11.40am Senior Lifeguard Liam Mullan and ... «Derry Now, Jul 15»

SFCPressPoint: 2015 IKA Formula Kite World Championships: Day …

Hang Loose Beach, Gizzeria—After a tough day on the water in near perfect conditions at the kite racing worlds in southern Italy the top of the ... «SFCPressPoint, Jul 15»

Kite Pharma Receives $74.63 Consensus Target Price from …

Kite Pharma logo Kite Pharma (NASDAQ:KITE) has received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the nine ratings firms that are ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»

Berkeley: Colorful Kite Festival will again fill skies for 30th year …

Zhiling Mao, of Mountain View, carries her daughter, Christina Yang, 2, at the annual Kite Fest at the Berkeley Marina in Berkeley on July 30, ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»

Jury drama at Formula Kite World Championships >> Scuttlebutt …

Gizzeria, Italy (July 17, 2015) – After a tough day on the water in near perfect conditions at the IKA Formula Kite World Championships in ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»

Malwarebytes takes flight in UK channel with Kite - 17 Jul 2015 …

US-based malware-detection vendor Malwarebytes has signed up Kite as the second distributor in its push into the UK channel. «CRN - UK, Jul 15»

Keywords acquires localisation outfit Kite Team

”Following on from our investment in Brazil with the acquisition of Reverb in January this year, the acquisition of Kite Team provides us with an ... «Develop, Jul 15»

Super-sized kite debuts in international kite-flying festival - Ecns.cn

A giant kite with an area of 2,605 square meters debuted Friday during an international kite-flying festival in Baotou, a city of north China's Inner ... «ecns, Jul 15»

Bloomington's Kite: 'I want to be America's strongest woman'

National Strongwoman champion Jessica Kite lifts the back end of a pickup truck as she works out Wednesday at Be Strong Gym at Crossroads ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»

Kite festival flies into southern Oregon

The action will begin on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the kite field at the Port of Brookings-Harbor. This free two-day one of a kind event is one of the ... «Red Bluff Daily News, Jul 15»