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hole-and-corner

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    1. adjective
    1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) στρογγυλός
    2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) στρουμπουλός
    2. adverb
    1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) γύρω (προς την αντίθετη κατεύθυνση)
    2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) γύρω, ολόγυρα/ σ' όλη τη διάρκεια
    3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) τριγύρω
    4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) εδώ και εκεί
    5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) σε περίμετρο
    6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) σε κάποιο μέρος
    3. preposition
    1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) γύρω από, τριγύρω
    2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) γύρω γύρω
    3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) γύρω από
    4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) παντού
    4. noun
    1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) γύρος
    2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) γύρα
    3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) ριξιά, βολή
    4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) βλήμα, σφαίρα
    5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) γύρος
    6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) κυκλικό τραγούδι
    5. verb
    (to go round: The car rounded the corner.) παίρνω στροφή
    - roundly
    - roundness
    - rounds
    - all-round
    - all-rounder
    - roundabout     6. adjective
    (not direct: a roundabout route.) όχι κατευθείαν: έμμεσος, περιφραστικός
    - round-shouldered
    - round trip
    - all round
    - round about
    - round off
    - round on
    - round up

    English-Greek dictionary > round

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  • Hole and corner — Hole Hole (h[=o]l), n. [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan. huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. h[*a]l, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See {Hele}, {Hell}, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hole-and-corner — ► hole and corner secret. Main Entry: ↑hole …   English terms dictionary

  • hole-and-corner — [hōl′ən kôr΄nər] adj. 1. unimportant, humdrum, etc. 2. kept secret, esp. to avoid blame or punishment …   English World dictionary

  • hole-and-corner — adjective 1. relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life a hole and corner life in some obscure community H.G.Wells • Syn: ↑hole in corner • Similar to: ↑insignificant, ↑unimportant 2. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hole-and-corner — /hohl euhn kawr neuhr/, adj. 1. secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole and corner intrigue. 2. trivial and colorless: She was living a hole and corner existence of daily drudgery. Also, hole in corner /hohl in… …   Universalium

  • hole-and-corner — British, British hole and corner activities are kept secret, usually because they are dishonest. I don t want any more hole in the corner deals, from now all our business will be done in the open. (always before noun) …   New idioms dictionary

  • hole-and-corner — adjective Conducted in secret; clandestine. Whatever made you think in the first place that I would give up the security of my happy marriage for a hole and corner affair with you? Syn: cloak and dagger …   Wiktionary

  • hole-and-corner — UK / US adjective done in a secret and perhaps dishonest way His execution was a hole and corner affair …   English dictionary

  • hole-and-corner — hole′ and cor′ner or hole′ in cor′ner adj. secretive; furtive …   From formal English to slang

  • Hole and Corner man — noun Australian History a person who advocated severity in dealing with transported convicts and was opposed to the emancipists …  

  • hole-in-corner — adjective relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life a hole and corner life in some obscure community H.G.Wells • Syn: ↑hole and corner • Similar to: ↑insignificant, ↑unimportant * * * adjective see …   Useful english dictionary

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