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Definition of 'Truss'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) truss
to tie, bind, or fasten (often fol. by up).

2.  truss
to make fast with skewers, thread, or the like, as the wings and legs of a fowl in preparation for cooking.

3.  truss
to furnish or support with a truss or trusses.

4. (n.) truss
any of various structural frames designed to function as a beam or cantilever for supporting bridges, roofs, etc.

5.  truss
a device consisting of a pad usu. supported by a belt for maintaining a hernia in a reduced state.

6.  truss
a compact terminal cluster or head of flowers growing upon one stalk.

7.  truss
a device for supporting a standing yard on a ship's mast, having a pivot permitting the yard to swing horizontally when braced.

8.  truss
a bundle or pack.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME (v.) < OF tr(o)usser, alter. of torser, prob. < VL *torsāre, der. of *torsus, for L tortus, ptp. of torquere to twist, wind, wrap)

Definition of 'Truss'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) truss
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

2. (noun) truss
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

3. (verb) corbel, truss
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

4. (verb) truss
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

5. (verb) tie down, tie up, bind, truss
secure with or as if with ropes
"tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

6. (verb) truss
support structurally
"truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"

Definition of 'Truss'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Truss
a bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass

2. (noun) Truss
a padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher

3. (noun) Truss
a bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes

4. (noun) Truss
a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants

5. (noun) Truss
the rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast

6. (noun) Truss
an assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style

7. (noun) Truss
to bind or pack close; to make into a truss

8. (noun) Truss
to take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon

9. (noun) Truss
to strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces

10. (noun) Truss
to skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it

11. (noun) Truss
to execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up

Translation of 'Truss'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to tie or bind tightly She trussed the chicken and put it in the oven; The burglars trussed up the guards.
Afrikaans: vasmaak, bind	Arabic: يُكَتِّف الدَّجاجَه قَبْل	Bulgarian: завързвам
Brazilian: amarrar	Czech: svázat	German: zäumen, binden
Danish: binde op; binde	Greek: δένω σφιχτά	Spanish: atar, liar
Estonian: kinni siduma	Farsi: بستن	Finnish: sitoa
French: ficeler	Hebrew: חֲבִילַת שַׁחַת	Hindi: बांधना
Croatian: vezati, svezati	Hungarian: összekötöz	Indonesian: mengikat erat
Icelandic: binda upp; (ríg)binda	Italian: legare	Japanese: 縛る
Korean: 동여 매다, 묶다	Lithuanian: surišti, suveržti	Latvian: nosaitēt; sasiet
Malay: mengikat	Dutch: stevig vastbinden	Norwegian: binde, sette opp
Polish: związać	Persian: بستن	Pashto: تړل
Portuguese: amarrar	Romanian: a lega	Russian: связывать
Slovak: zviazať	Slovenian: zvezati	Serbian: vezati
Swedish: binda [upp]	Thai: มัด	Turkish: (sıkıca) bağlamak
Taiwanese: (在烹調前)將(雞、鴨等)的翅膀和腳扎緊	Ukrainian: зв'язувати; зв'язувати кр	Urdu: کسنا، جکڑنا
Vietnamese: buộc, gói chặt	Chinese: 扎紧（鸡鸭），捆缚（人的双手）
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