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  • 1 cut

    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið
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    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat     4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short

    English-Icelandic dictionary > cut

  • 2 cut short

    1) (to make shorter than intended: He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.) stytta
    2) (to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them: I tried to apologize but he cut me short.) grípa fram í

    English-Icelandic dictionary > cut short

  • 3 dice with death

    (to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) hætta lífi sínu

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  • 4 crop

    [krop] 1. noun
    1) (a plant which is farmed and harvested: a fine crop of rice; We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley.) afurð; uppskera
    2) (a short whip used when horse-riding.) hestasvipa
    3) (a (short) haircut: a crop of red hair.) stuttklipping
    4) ((of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck.) sarpur
    2. verb
    (to cut or nibble short: The sheep crop the grass.) kroppa

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  • 5 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) klípa, bíta
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) klippa
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) stinga, svíða
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skjótast
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) kæfa, hefta
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) bit
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) nepja
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) tár, snafs
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    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nip

  • 6 clip

    I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.) klippa; rÿja
    2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.) löðrunga, slá
    2. noun
    1) (an act of clipping.) klipping
    2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.) löðrungur; högg
    3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.)
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    - clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    (to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.) hefta, klemma saman
    2. noun
    (something for holding things together or in position: a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg).) klemma

    English-Icelandic dictionary > clip

  • 7 dock

    I 1. [dok] noun
    1) (a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc: The ship was in dock for three weeks.) viðlegustaður; skipakví, hafnarbakki, bryggja
    2) (the area surrounding this: He works down at the docks.) hafnarsvæði, höfn
    3) (the box in a law court where the accused person sits or stands.) sakamannabekkur
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) enter a dock and tie up alongside a quay: The liner docked in Southampton this morning.) leggja að bryggju
    - dockyard II [dok] verb
    (to cut short or remove part from: The dog's tail had been docked; His wages were docked to pay for the broken window.) stÿfa; skerða

    English-Icelandic dictionary > dock

  • 8 mince

    [mins] 1. verb
    1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) hakka, brytja smátt
    2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) ganga á tilgerðarlegan hátt, tipla
    2. noun
    (meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces: mince and potatoes.) hakk, hakkað kjöt
    - mincing
    - mincingly
    - mincemeat

    English-Icelandic dictionary > mince

  • 9 square

    [skweə] 1. noun
    1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) ferningur
    2) (something in the shape of this.) ferningslaga hlutur
    3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) torg
    4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) tvíveldi, annað veldi
    2. adjective
    1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) ferhyrndur; kantaður, kubbslegur
    2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) jafn, kvittur
    3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) fermetri
    4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) hallærislegur
    3. adverb
    1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) (horn)rétt
    2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) beint; fast
    4. verb
    1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) gera ferkantaðan
    2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) gera upp við
    3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) samræmast
    4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) hefja í annað veldi
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    - squarely
    - square centimetre
    - metre
    - square root
    - fair and square
    - go back to square one
    - a square deal

    English-Icelandic dictionary > square

  • 10 stubble

    1) (the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.) kornhá, kornstönglastubbar
    2) (short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.) skeggbroddar
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > stubble

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