skewer

Skewers through chicken on the grill.

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Noun

skewer (plural skewers)

1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
2. (chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.^W

Translations

pin used to secure food during cooking

Armenian: շամփուր (hy) (šamp’ur) Czech: špíz (cs) m. Dutch: spies (nl) Finnish: varras (fi), paistinvarras (fi) French: brochette (fr) f., broche (fr) f. Georgian: შამფური (ka) (šamp'uri) German: Spieß (de) m. Greek: σούβλα (el) n. Hebrew: שיפוד (he) (shipud) m. Japanese: 串 (ja) (くし, kushi)

Portuguese: espeto (pt) m. Russian: шампур (ru) (šampúr) m., вертел (ru) (vértel) m. Scottish Gaelic: dealg (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра́жањ (sh) m. Roman: rážanj (sh) m. Spanish: brocheta (es) f., fierrito (es) m., anticucho (es) m., pincho (es) Turkish: şiş (tr) Uzbek: six (uz)

chess scenario

Finnish: varras (fi)

French: enfilade (fr) f.

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Albanian: hell m. Vietnamese: xiên

Verb

skewer (third-person singular simple present skewers, present participle skewering, simple past and past participle skewered)

1. To impale on a skewer.
2. (chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.

Translations

to impale on a skewer

Finnish: varrastaa (fi), seivästää (fi) French: embrocher (fr) German: aufspießen Greek: σουβλίζω (suvlízo), διατρυπώ (ðiatripó)

Japanese: 串に刺す (くしにさす, kushi ni sasu), 串刺しにする (くしざしにする, kushizashi ni suru) Portuguese: empalar (pt) Turkish: şişlemek (tr)

chess: to attack a piece with a less valuable piece behind

Finnish: varrastaa (fi)

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