venerable whine trailing rustle ape

venerable

ven·e·ra·ble /ˈvenərəbəl/ adjective

1. [usually before noun] formal a venerable person or thing is respected because of their great age, experience etc – often used humorously:
   • venerable financial institutions
   • the venerable guitarist Pat Martino
   • a venerable tradition

whine

whine /waɪn/ verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to complain in a sad annoying voice about something SYN moan:
   • Oh Charlotte, please stop whining.
   • ‘I don’t understand,’ whined Rose.
   • whine about
     • The sergeant was whining about how hard he had been forced to work recently.
2. [intransitive] to make a long high sound because you are in pain or unhappy:
   • He could hear the dog whining behind the door.
3. [intransitive] if a machine whines, it makes a continuous high sound

• whine noun [countable]:
  • The baby’s howl turned to a high-pitched whine.
  • the whine of a vacuum cleaner

trailing

trail·ing /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/ adjective

• a trailing plant grows along the ground or hangs down

rustle

rus·tle1 /ˈrʌsəl/ verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] if leaves, papers, clothes etc rustle, or if you rustle them, they make a noise as they rub against each other:
   • She moved nearer, her long silk skirt rustling around her.
   • He rustled the papers on his desk.
2. [transitive] to steal farm animals such as cattle, horses, or sheep

• rustle something ↔ up phrasal verb informal
  • to make a meal quickly:
    • I’ll rustle up a couple of steaks on the barbecue.

ape

ape2 verb [transitive]

1. to copy the way someone speaks or behaves in order to make fun of them SYN mimic:
   • He could ape his teachers perfectly.
2. to copy someone’s way of doing something, so that what you do or produce is not good or original SYN mimic:
   • cheap clothes which ape the high fashions of the day