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  • 1 drain

    [drein] 1. verb
    1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) αποστραγγίζω
    2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) χύνομαι
    3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) στραγγίζω,σουρώνω
    4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) στραγγίζω
    5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) εξαντλώ
    2. noun
    1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.)
    2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.)
    •
    - draining-board
    - drainpipe
    - down the drain

    English-Greek dictionary > drain

  • 2 hedge

    [he‹] 1. noun
    (a line of bushes etc planted so closely together that their branches form a solid mass, grown round the edges of gardens, fields etc.) φράχτης από θάμνους
    2. verb
    1) (to avoid giving a clear answer to a question.) υπεκφεύγω
    2) ((with in or off) to enclose (an area of land) with a hedge.) περιφράσσω
    •
    - hedgerow

    English-Greek dictionary > hedge

  • 3 plain

    [plein] 1. adjective
    1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) απλός,σκέτος
    2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) σαφής,ξεκάθαρος
    3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) ειλικρινής,ντόμπρος
    4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) ολοφάνερος
    5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) ασχημούλης
    2. noun
    1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) πεδιάδα
    2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) απλός πόντος (πλεξίματος)
    •
    - plainness
    - plain chocolate
    - plain clothes
    - plain sailing
    - plain-spoken
    - in plain English

    English-Greek dictionary > plain

  • 4 Sight

    subs.
    Power of seeing: P. and V. ὄψις, ἡ, πρόσοψις, ἡ.
    Eye: P. and V. ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, ὄψις, ἡ. ὄμμα, τό (Thuc. and Plat. but rare P.); see Eye.
    Range of sight: P. ἔποψις, ἡ.
    Have sight, v.: P. and V. ὁρᾶν, Ar. and V. βλέπειν.
    Recover one's sight: Ar. and P. ἀναβλέπειν (absol.).
    His sight is opened and male clear: V. ἐξωμμάτωται καὶ λελάμπρυνται κόρας (Soph., frag.).
    Spectacle: P. and V. θέα, ἡ, θέαμα, τό, θεωρία, ἡ, ὄψις, ἡ, V. πρόσοψις, ἡ (Eur., Or. 952).
    At sight, off-hand: P. and V. φαύλως; see off-hand.
    In sight, adj.: P. κάτοπτος, V. ἐπόψιος, προσόψιος.
    Be in sight, v.: P. and V. φαίνεσθαι; see Visible.
    In sight of, prep.: P. and V. ἐναντίον (gen.).
    Looking over, adj.: V. κατόψιος (gen.).
    Out of sight: V. ἄποπτος, Ar. and V. ἐξώπιος. V. ἐξώπιος (gen.).
    Come in sight: P. and V. εἰς ὄψιν ἔρχεσθαι.
    Lose sight of: see Overlook.
    Lose sight of land: P. ἀποκρύπτειν γῆν (Plat.).
    That I may not by passing from point to point lose sight of the present matter: P. ἵνα μὴ λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγων τοῦ παρόντος ἐμαυτὸν ἐκκρούσω (Dem. 329).
    ——————
    v. trans.
    See Spy, See.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sight

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