Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: harnessed
IPA transcription: [h'ɑɹnəst]
Pronunciations of harnessed
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: harnessed
    Meaning: brought under control and put to use; "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River"; "the harnessed power of the atom"
Usage examples
  • Pencroft harnessed the onager.
  • He had his horses harnessed and drove off himself to see the Serpent King and to complain of the way in which he had been betrayed.
  • Their wings were short, and evidently could not be used for flight; their beaks were like that of a sea-gull; each one had a man on his back, and was harnessed to a car.
  • The travaux consisted of a set of rawhide strips securely lashed to the tent-poles, which were harnessed to the sides of the animal as if he stood between shafts, while the free ends were allowed to drag on the ground.
  • Thus harnessed for the field, he was as great a matter of stare and wonderment among the country folk, who had never seen a regular angler, as was the steel-clad hero of La Mancha among the goatherds of the Sierra Morena.
  • The new frocks were taken off, and orders were given for the little girls to have their blouses put on, and the boys their old jackets, and the wagonette to be harnessed; with Brownie, to the bailiff's annoyance, again in the shafts, to drive out for mushroom picking and bathing.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of New Jersey, License CC BY-SA 4.0