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1 steel wool
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2 steel wool
s.estopa metálica, estopa de acero, estropajo de acero, estropajo de aluminio. -
3 steel
sti:l
1. noun, adjective(of) a very hard alloy of iron and carbon, used for making tools etc: tools of the finest steel; steel knives/chisels; He had a grip of steel (= a very strong grip).
2. verb(to harden and strengthen (oneself, one's nerves etc) in preparation for doing, or resisting, something: He steeled himself to meet the attack / to tell his wife the truth.)- steely- steeliness
- steel wool
- steelworks
steel n acerotr[stiːl]1 (gen) acero1 (knife, girder, etc) de acero\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto have nerves of steel tener nervios de aceroto steel one's heart endurecerseto steel oneself against something hacerse fuerte para hacer frente a algoto steel oneself for something armarse de valor para algosteel band SMALLMUSIC/SMALL banda de percusión del Caribesteel industry industria siderúrgicasteel mill acerería, aceríasteel wool estropajo de acerosteel ['sti:l] vtto steel oneself : armarse de valorsteel adj: de acerosteel n: acero madj.• acerado, -a adj.• de acero adj.n.• acero s.m.• chaira s.f.• eslabón s.m.v.• acerar v.• endurecer v.
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reflexive verb[stiːl]to steel oneself FOR something/to + INF — armarse de valor para algo/para + inf
1. N1) (=metal) acero mnerves of steel — nervios mpl de acero
- fight with cold steel2.VTto steel o.s. — fortalecerse ( against contra)
to steel o.s. for sth — cobrar ánimo para algo
to steel o.s. to do sth — cobrar ánimo para hacer algo
3.CPD de acerosteel band N — (Mus) banda de percusión del Caribe
steel guitar N — guitarra f de cordaje metálico
steel helmet N — casco m (de acero)
steel industry N — industria f siderúrgica
steel maker, steel manufacturer N — fabricante mf de acero
steel mill N — fundición f, fundidora f (LAm)
steel tape N — cinta f métrica de acero
steel wool N — estropajo m de aluminio
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reflexive verbto steel oneself FOR something/to + INF — armarse de valor para algo/para + inf
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4 wire wool
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5 lana
lana sustantivo femenino 1 ( material) wool; (vellón, pelambre) fleece; una bufanda de lana a wool o woolen scarf 2 (AmL fam) ( dinero) dough (sl);◊ tienen mucha lana they're loaded (colloq)
lana sustantivo femenino wool
pura lana virgen, pure new wool ' lana' also found in these entries: Spanish: calceta - chaleco - dar - devanar - ser - estambre - mechón - paño - prenda - tonsurar - alpaca - apelmazarse - cardar - catalán - cundir - desenredar - enmarañado - enredado - enredar - esponjoso - gordo - guante - hilar - hueco - jaspeado - madeja - mota - peinar - peludo - picar - tela - terminar English: ball - coat - demand - fleece - scarf - shear - snarl up - tangle - wool - woolen - woollen - woolly - wooly - cash - Catalan - cough - dough - loop - loot - ply - steel - woolens -
6 out of
1) (from inside: He took it out of the bag.) fuera de2) (not in: Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.) fuera de3) (from among: Four out of five people like this song.) de cada4) (having none left: She is quite out of breath.) sin5) (because of: He did it out of curiosity/spite.) por6) (from: He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.) deout of prep1. fuera de2. de1 (away from, no longer in) fuera de2 (from a state of) fuera de■ out of print agotado,-a3 (not involved in) fuera de4 (from among) de5 (without) sin■ we're out of tea se nos ha acabado el té, nos hemos quedado sin té■ he's out of work está parado, está sin trabajo6 (because of) por7 (using, made from) de■ made out of wood hecho,-a de madera8 (from) deout of prepwe ran out of the house: salimos corriendo de la casato look out of the window: mirar por la ventanaout of control: fuera de controlto be out of sight: desaparecer de vista3) of: deone out of four: uno de cada cuatroout of money: sin dinerowe're out of matches: nos hemos quedado sin fósforos5) because of: porout of curiosity: por curiosidad6) from: demade out of plastic: hecho de plásticoprep.• de prep.1) ( from inside)2)a) ( outside)I was out of the room for two minutes — estuve dos minutos fuera or (AmL tb) afuera de la habitación
I want you out of those wet clothes/this office immediately — haz el favor de quitarte esa ropa mojada/salir de esta oficina inmediatamente
b) ( distant from)100 miles out of Murmansk — ( Naut) a 100 millas de Murmansk
3) (eliminated, excluded)to be/feel out of it — (colloq) sentirse* excluido
4)a) (indicating source, origin) deb) (indicating substance, makeup) dec) ( indicating motive) por5) ( from among) de6) ( indicating lack)we're out of bread — nos hemos quedado sin pan, no nos queda pan
* * *1) ( from inside)2)a) ( outside)I was out of the room for two minutes — estuve dos minutos fuera or (AmL tb) afuera de la habitación
I want you out of those wet clothes/this office immediately — haz el favor de quitarte esa ropa mojada/salir de esta oficina inmediatamente
b) ( distant from)100 miles out of Murmansk — ( Naut) a 100 millas de Murmansk
3) (eliminated, excluded)to be/feel out of it — (colloq) sentirse* excluido
4)a) (indicating source, origin) deb) (indicating substance, makeup) dec) ( indicating motive) por5) ( from among) de6) ( indicating lack)we're out of bread — nos hemos quedado sin pan, no nos queda pan
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7 shear
ʃiəpast tense - sheared; verb1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) esquilar2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) cortar3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) cortar4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) partir(se), romper(se)•- shearsshear vb esquilartr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]3 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL (bolt, shaft) romper1 (gen) tijeras nombre femenino plural (grandes); (for hedges) podadera f sing; (for metal) cizalla f sing, cizallas nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be shorn of something ser despojado,-a de algo, quedarse sin algo1) : esquilar, trasquilarto shear sheep: trasquilar ovejas2) cut: cortar (el pelo, etc.)n.• esquileo s.m.• tijeras grandes s.f.pl.v.(§ p.,p.p.: sheared) or p.p.: shorn•) = cortar con cizallas v.• esquilar (Agricultura) v.• motilar v.• tonsurar v.• trasquilar v.• tundir v.• tusar v.ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)
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1) (past sheared; past p shorn) \<\<sheep\>\> esquilar, trasquilar; \<\<hair/curls\>\> cortarto be shorn OF something — (frml) ser* despojado de algo (frml)
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a) ( cut)to shear THROUGH something — atravesar* algo
b) ( break) romperse*[ʃɪǝ(r)] (pt sheared) (pp sheared, shorn)to shear off — romperse*
1.VT [+ sheep] esquilarto be shorn of sth — (fig) quedar pelado de algo, quedar sin algo
2.VI (=give way) partirse, romperse* * *[ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)]
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1) (past sheared; past p shorn) \<\<sheep\>\> esquilar, trasquilar; \<\<hair/curls\>\> cortarto be shorn OF something — (frml) ser* despojado de algo (frml)
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a) ( cut)to shear THROUGH something — atravesar* algo
b) ( break) romperse*to shear off — romperse*
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