finger-like

finger-likeadjektiv
more finger-like
Komp.
most finger-like
Super.
Used attributively and predicatively to mean ‘resembling a finger’; forms take periphrastic comparison
Übersetzungen
digitiformeSurtout en contexte scientifique ou descriptif.
The stalactites hung in finger-like columns from the cave ceiling.
Les stalactites pendaient en colonnes digitiformes au plafond de la grotte.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
en forme de doigt
Definitionen
Resembling or having the shape of a finger; long, narrow, and projecting.
The stalactites hung in finger-like columns from the cave ceiling.
finger-likeadverb
Occasionally used adverbially in comparisons of manner (‘the smoke rose finger-like’)
Übersetzungen
d'une manière digitiformeSurtout en contexte scientifique ou descriptif.
Steam drifted finger-like across the surface of the lake.
La vapeur dérivait d'une manière digitiforme à la surface du lac.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
en forme de doigt
Definitionen
In a manner that resembles or suggests a finger, especially by being long, narrow, and projecting.
Steam drifted finger-like across the surface of the lake.