[V] be nearly dead, See also:approach to death, Example: คนไข้รายนั้นเข้าขั้นตรีทูตแล้ว คงช่วยต่อไปไม่ได้, Thai definition: มีอาการสามอย่างเมื่อใกล้จะตาย, อาการหนักปางตาย
[tuì, ㄊㄨㄟˋ, 駾] approach at swift gallop (on horses) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. t.
1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
[Archaic] --Boyle.
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2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw
nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin;
he approached the age of manhood.
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He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have
approached Homer. --Temple.
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3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See {Approach}, v.
i.]
1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The
approach of summer." --Horsley.
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A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen.
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2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
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The approach to kings and principal persons.
--Bacon.
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3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
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4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings
can be approached; an access. --Macaulay.
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5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads
made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or
military post.
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6. (Hort.) See {Approaching}.
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7. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the
putting green. It is made with an iron club.
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8. (Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane
descends toward the landing strip.
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9. (Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before
delivering the ball toward the pins.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Approached}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Approaching}.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
near, prope near.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
advance nearer.
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Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
Sam. xi. 20.
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But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.
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2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
ablest statesman.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approach
n 1: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or
situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a
list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan
of attack was misguided" [syn: {approach}, {attack}, {plan
of attack}]
2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the
hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: {approach},
{approaching}, {coming}]
3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the
access to the bridge" [syn: {access}, {approach}]
4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn:
{approach path}, {approach}, {glide path}, {glide slope}]
5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn:
{approach}, {approaching}]
6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: {overture},
{advance}, {approach}, {feeler}]
7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the
approach of winter" [syn: {approach}, {approaching},
{coming}]
8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"
9: a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto
the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled
over the green" [syn: {approach}, {approach shot}]
v 1: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They
are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
[syn: {approach}, {near}, {come on}, {go up}, {draw near},
{draw close}, {come near}]
2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or
character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing
approaches that of Horowitz" [syn: {border on}, {approach}]
3: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult
problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: {set about}, {go
about}, {approach}]
4: come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old
age" [syn: {approach}, {come near}]
5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or
suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as
his adviser in foreign matters"
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