His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.
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Dog-ear
//ˈdɒɡɪə//
Synonyms for "dog-ear" (25 found)
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4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Czech
1 entries- oslí ucho noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Danish
1 entries- æseløre noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Faroese
1 entries- hundsoyra noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Finnish
4 entries- hiirenkorva noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- koirankorva noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- taittaa hiirenkorvalle verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
- taittaa sivun kulma verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
French
2 entries- corne noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- corner verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
German
1 entries- Eselsohr noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Hungarian
4 entries- szamárfül noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- behajtja a sarkát verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
- szamárfület hajlít/csinál verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
- szamárfülez verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
Italian
1 entries- orecchietta noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Japanese
1 entries- ドッグイア noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eseløre noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- eseløyra noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- eseløyre noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Polish
1 entries- ośle ucho noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Portuguese
2 entries- orelha noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
- fazer orelha verb (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication))
Slovak
1 entries- somárske uši noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Spanish
1 entries- doblez noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Swedish
1 entries- hundöra noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
Tagalog
1 entries- luping noun (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication)
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