Nietzsche spoke of "Übermenschen," not "Übermänner," so your supermen and overmen can go sit on a fencepost.
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Berm
//bɜː(ɹ)m//
Synonyms for "berm" (121 found)
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Translations
21 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- berma noun (narrow ledge along the top or bottom of a slope)
- berma noun (terrace formed by wave action)
- berma noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
Dutch
1 entries- berm noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
Finnish
4 entries- piennar noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
- rantavalli noun (terrace formed by wave action)
- törmä noun (narrow ledge along the top or bottom of a slope)
- töyräs noun (terrace formed by wave action)
German
1 entries- Bankett noun (raised bank or path along canal)
Italian
1 entries- banchina noun (raised bank or path along canal)
Polish
1 entries- odsadzka noun (ledge between the parapet and the moat)
Russian
1 entries- бе́рма noun (narrow ledge along the top or bottom of a slope)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- berma noun (narrow ledge along the top or bottom of a slope)
- berma noun (raised bank or path along canal)
- berma noun (mound or bank of earth used as a barrier or to provide insulation)
- berma noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
Spanish
3 entries- acotamiento noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
- arcén noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
- berma noun (strip of land between a street and sidewalk)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The big canals in Europe, in Holland, have a great big berm on the side of the canal several feet wide, which they leave there on purpose to plant reeds in, so as to get a reedy vegetation to protect their slope. Then, beyond that, there is an earthen slope that is grassed and sodded.
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On some beaches, the berm grows higher in summer and flattens out in the rougher winter seas.
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A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara.
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