spannedadj.1
/spand/ That is or has been spanned or drawn tight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > taut > made taut
well-haledc1400
spanned1598
braced1633
straitened1667
tensed1676
tightened1760
tended1800
tautened1838
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted
compressedc1374
coarctate?a1475
nippit1535
comprimate?1541
coarctated1655
spanned1741
constricted1753
nipped1759
constrained1768
squeezed1831
pinched1836
scrunched1836
nipped1850
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 24/1 The tunge being hindred by a certayne ligament which we call the spanned vayne.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela (ed. 2) I. Introd. p. xxvi He made a too tight-laced Objection, where he quarrels with the spann'd Waist of Pamela.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
spannedadj.2
/spand/ Biology.
Of a culture of cells or micro-organisms: having a restricted lifespan; unable to propagate asexually without limit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > period > [adjective]
spanned1968
1968 Exper. Cell Res. XLIX. 116 To produce ‘spanned’ amoebae the nutritional state of amoebae must be altered for a protracted period.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxii. 293 Transfer of a normal nucleus into spanned cytoplasm produced resumed logarithmic growth, and a spanned nucleus in normal cytoplasm produced the spanned condition.
1973 Nature 22 June 444/1 The switch from a ‘spanned’ culture to one that is ‘immortal’ does not necessarily signify a qualitative change in other cellular properties.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.11598adj.21968- to give one the gleek
- to give one the shudders
- to give one the slampant
- to give one the slip
- to give one the wite
- to give one the wite of
- to give one the worse
- to give one two dozen
- to give one's all
- to give one's arm
- to give one's beard for the washing
- to give one's end
- to give one's faith
- to give one's faith to
- to give one's faith unto
- to give one's hand
- to give one's hands
- to give one's hat
- to give one's head for the polling
- to give one's head for the washing
- to give one's honour
- to give one's life
- to give one's mind to
- to give one's mother for a maid
- to give one's name to