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| Accepted meanings | 15062 | 2 |
| Obtained votes | 88 | 2 |
| Votes by meaning | 0.01 | 7 |
| Inquiries | 426794 | 3 |
| Queries by meaning | 28 | 7 |
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1º_ A tool similar to a hoe, but with several tips like a comb, larger and stronger than a rake. Perhaps because of the mark left on the ground by the previous one, the 'trace' is called the indication or sign of the passage through a place, the vestige that remains after an event. 3rd_ Cattle slaughterhouse and market that is set up on certain days for the sale of meat wholesale. 4º_ Probably because of the previous one, in Madrid (Spain) it is a street fair where various items are sold. 5th_ Inflection of the verb to drag . See verbs/trace.
1º_ It is a machine for compressing, printing or squeezing by pressure. In the case of the machine that was used in the printing of newspapers and periodicals, there is a case of metonymy, since written journalism in general began to be called 'press'. 3rd_ Pile up of things. 4th_ Inflection of the verb press. See verbs/press.
1º_ Ingenuity to extract water from a well or a ditch by rotating pulleys with buckets. In many cases a donkey or ox was used to move it, which walked in a circle around the well tied to a lever to activate the pulley mechanism. By association, the same well is also called a Ferris wheel. The set gave rise to the following meanings. In some countries it is a swimming pool, even if it is recreational and not to extract water. Another name for the round-the-world ride or wheel of fortune, for the spin and bucket-like chairs. In slaughterhouses and cattle slaughtering plants, the system of rails with bearings that run along the ceilings of the place is usually called a waterwheel, from where the slaughtered animal is hung to be transferred to the different highlighting rooms. The Ferris wheel is compared to a repeated or monotonous situation, from which one cannot escape, where one feels trapped like the draught animal.
1º_ A series of links, usually metal, joined together to form a strip that is used for fastening, since it has the flexibility of a rope and the strength of the material with which it has been built. There are also drag chains, such as on bucket dredgers or on the tracks of off-road vehicles. If it is made of a noble metal, it can also be decorative, such as jewelry. See link . 2º_ By the above, any sequence, facts or objects that are found one after the other. 3º_ By association with the "union of similar and individual elements" the group of companies, branches or related establishments is also called 'chain'. 4º_ Related to the chains to prevent the escape of the inmates, it is also a way of calling a penalty, a condemnation. Although it is an obsolete term today, we still find it in the expression "life sentence".
