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  • 51melée — (Voz francesa.) ► sustantivo femenino DEPORTES Jugada de rugby en la que, a continuación de una falta, los delanteros de ambos equipos se colocan en grupo cara a cara y, empujándose, intentan apoderarse del balón, que previamente ha sido… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 52melee — Synonyms and related words: ado, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brush, commotion, disturbance, dogfight, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dustup, embroilment, fight, foofaraw, fracas, fray, free for all, fuss, hash, hassle, helter skelter,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 53mêlée — dep (fútbol) Voz castellanizada como melé. Aglomeración de jugadores ante la portería. Es voz propia del rugby y tiene en este deporte significado distinto al que se le da en fútbol. En fútbol viene a ser barullo, mezcolanza, aglomeración o… …

    Diccionario español de neologismos

  • 54mêlée — mê·lée s.f.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} TS sport → mischia {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1957. ETIMO: der. di mêler mescolare …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 55melee — me|lee [ meı,leı ] noun count MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) a noisy confused fight involving a lot of people 2. ) a large confused group of people or things …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56mêlée — see MIX …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57melee — An air battle in which several aircraft, both friend and foe, are confusingly intermingled …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 58melee —    (MAY lay, may LAY) [French] A confused hand to hand struggle involving several people; a brawl, free for all, or donnybrook. By extension, tumult or utter confusion …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 59mêlée — n. [Fr.] Fight (of combatants confusedly mixed), affray, contest, fray, broil, brawl, scuffle, mellay, hand to hand conflict …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 60Melee — Combat amongst groups of knights. This describes combat where there are more than just two combatants. Mock battle between teams of mounted knights. A battle with more than two combatants …

    Medieval glossary