English to Xhosa Meaning of bight - Bight

Bight :

Bight

noun

theku, Cove, Bight, Firth, wagoba, kokucima, ithuba, Mani, ukuthambekela

Bight :: BightBights :: bights

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Definitions of bight in English

Noun(1) a loop in a rope(2) a bend or curve (especially in a coastline(3) a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline(4) the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends
Verb(1) fasten with a bight

Examples of bight in English

(1) Worth waiting for, though: The offshore waters are typically tempestuous, but winds in the channel's eastern bight will be only 10 to 15 knots.(2) The southern California bight region, Baja peninsula and waters offshore of central California are emerging as major regions of bluefin tuna residency.(3) They were positioned to the port side of the nose at our ten o'clock, in order to remain clear of the 3-wire's bight on the retract.(4) Then pull a bight of the top rope trough the initial loop, and continue to the end of the sling/cordelette.(5) Leaf headed his boat around to the small bight where the large power boat was tied, manoeuvred up to her and rafted alongside.(6) Pete finally settled on an arrangement that he was happy with, consisting of a butterfly and a long loop leading to a bowline on the bight .(7) It's a blustery day on Humble Island, a tiny speck of rock tucked into a bight on the south end of Anvers Island, Antarctica.(8) He also learned the trick of using improvised wire strainers - a lever stuck into a stapled bight of wire.(9) The oceans were reduced two in number; the larger by far was the enormous Panthalassa Ocean, roughly equivalent to the Pacific of today, while the smaller Tethys Ocean lay as a gigantic bight on the eastern side of Pangaea.(10) Couldn't see the mountains but Lake Taupo and the Taranaki bight were visible.(11) Most of ours live aboard vessels moored more or less permanently outside the marina breakwater, in a shallow bight known as Fools' Anchorage.(12) We round the bight and suddenly the cacophony ceases.(13) Personnel conducting any evolution that involves the use of ropes need to be aware of where they are standing at all times and avoid stepping into bights .(14) Days after the accident, ABP issued a notice to pilots telling them they should avoid passing in bights - areas where rivers curve - and emphasising they should always clearly communicate their intentions to the pilots of other ships.(15) Convergence of shelf water flows from the Middle and South Atlantic Bights (MAB and SAB) upon Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, presents a potential barrier to the exchange of fish larvae between bights .

Related Phrases of bight

Related Phrases of bight

Synonyms

1. bay ::

bay

2. gulf ::

theku

3. cove ::

Cove

4. bight ::

Bight

5. firth ::

Firth

6. frith ::

frith

7. bent ::

wagoba

8. turning ::

kokucima

9. turn ::

ithuba

10. bend ::

Mani

11. inclination ::

ukuthambekela

Different Forms

bight, bights

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