Definizione monolingua

medley

medley (third-person singular simple present medleys, present participle medleying, simple past and past participle medleyed)

1. (music) To combine, to form a medley.

medley (plural medleys)

1. (now rare, archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14th c.]
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:

     Than cam the Kynge of Irelonde and the Kynge of the Streyte Marchis to rescowe Sir Trystram and Sir Palomydes; and there began a grete medlé, and many knyghtys were smyttyn downe on bothe partyes.

2. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17th c.]

   a fruit medley

3. (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17th c.]

   They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.

4. (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]

Definizione dizionario medley

	misto
	swimming event
	collection or mixture of things

	Macedonia
	collection or mixture of things

	insieme
	collection of related songs

	mescolanza
	collection or mixture of things

	miscuglio
	collection or mixture of things

	potpourri
	collection of related songs

	varietà
	collection of related songs

accozzaglia

guazzabuglio

Altri significati:

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17th c.]

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17th c.]

medley (of food, songs, etc.)

(music) To combine, to form a medley.

(now rare, archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14th c.]

(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]