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(in+cupboard)

  • 1 cupboard

    noun ((American closet) a cabinet of any size up to that of a small room for storing anything: Put the food in the cupboard; a broom cupboard.) skápur; kompa

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  • 2 forage

    ['fori‹] 1. verb
    ((often with about) to search thoroughly: He foraged about in the cupboard; He foraged for food in the cupboard.) leita (að æti); krafsa/róta upp
    2. noun
    (food for horses and cattle.) skepnufóður

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  • 3 closet

    ['klozit]
    ((American) a cupboard: a clothes closet.) (fata)skápur

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  • 4 cubby-hole

    (a very small room, cupboard etc.) kytra; kompa

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  • 5 cup

    1. noun
    1) (a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle: a teacup; a cup of tea.) bolli
    2) (an ornamental vessel, usually of silver or other metal, given as a prize in sports events etc: They won the Football League Cup.) verðlaunabikar
    2. verb
    1) (to form (one's hands) into the shape of a cup: He cupped his hands round his mouth and called.) líkja eftir bolla (með opnum lófum)
    2) (to hold (something) in one's cupped hands: He cupped the egg in his hands.) halda á e-u í lófahvilft/-skál
    - cupboard
    - cup final
    - cup-tie
    - one's cup of tea

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  • 6 ferret (about)

    verb (to search busily and persistently: He ferreted about in the cupboard.) gramsa, róta

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  • 7 fill

    [fil] 1. verb
    1) (to put (something) into (until there is no room for more); to make full: to fill a cupboard with books; The news filled him with joy.) fylla
    2) (to become full: His eyes filled with tears.) fyllast
    3) (to satisfy (a condition, requirement etc): Does he fill all our requirements?) uppfylla
    4) (to put something in a hole (in a tooth etc) to stop it up: The dentist filled two of my teeth yesterday.) fylla (í); setja fyllingar í
    2. noun
    (as much as fills or satisfies someone: She ate her fill.) fylli
    - filler
    - filling
    - filling-station
    - fill in
    - fill up

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  • 8 fit

    I 1. [fit] adjective
    1) (in good health: I am feeling very fit.)
    2) (suitable; correct for a particular purpose or person: a dinner fit for a king.)
    2. noun
    (the right size or shape for a particular person, purpose etc: Your dress is a very good fit.)
    3. verb
    past tense, past participle fitted -)
    1) (to be the right size or shape (for someone or something): The coat fits (you) very well.)
    2) (to be suitable for: Her speech fitted the occasion.)
    3) (to put (something) in position: You must fit a new lock on the door.)
    4) (to supply with; to equip with: She fitted the cupboard with shelves.)
    - fitter
    - fitting
    4. noun
    1) (something, eg a piece of furniture, which is fixed, especially in a house etc: kitchen fittings.) útbúnaður
    2) (the trying-on of a dress etc and altering to make it fit: I am having a fitting for my wedding-dress tomorrow.) mátun
    - fit out
    - see/think fit
    II [fit] noun
    1) (a sudden attack of illness, especially epilepsy: She suffers from fits.) kast
    2) (something which happens as suddenly as this: a fit of laughter/coughing.) kast

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  • 9 fixture

    ['fiks ə]
    1) (a fixed piece of furniture etc: We can't move the cupboard - it's a built-in fixture.) föst tæki, naglfastur búnaður
    2) (an event, especially sporting, arranged for a certain time: The football team has a fixture on Saturday.) fastur liður; kappleikur á föstum tímum

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  • 10 hang up

    1) (to hang (something) on something: Hang up your coat in the cupboard.) hengja upp (á snaga)
    2) ((often with on) to put the receiver back after a telephone conversation: I tried to talk to her, but she hung up (on me).) leggja á

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  • 11 hoard

    [ho:d] 1. noun
    (a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc): When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.) forði
    2. verb
    (to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) safna saman; hamstra

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  • 12 hutch

    1) (a box with a wire front in which rabbits are kept.) (kanínu)búr
    2) ((American) a cupboard with open shelves above for dishes.)

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  • 13 jumble

    1. verb
    ((often with up or together) to mix or throw together without order: In this puzzle, the letters of all the words have been jumbled (up); His shoes and clothes were all jumbled (together) in the cupboard.) rugla, hrúga saman
    2. noun
    1) (a confused mixture: He found an untidy jumble of things in the drawer.) hrærigrautur, benda
    2) (unwanted possessions suitable for a jumble sale: Have you any jumble to spare?) skran, dót á skransölu

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  • 14 junk

    I noun
    (unwanted or worthless articles; rubbish: That cupboard is full of junk; ( also adjective) This vase was bought in a junk shop (= a shop that sells junk).)
    II noun
    (a Chinese flat-bottomed sailing ship, high in the bow and stern.) djúnka

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  • 15 larder

    (a room or cupboard where food is stored in a house.) (mat)búr

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  • 16 locker

    noun (a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment.) skápur (í búningsklefa)

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  • 17 nose

    [nəuz] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nef
    2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) lyktarskyn
    3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) nef, trjóna
    2. verb
    1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) fikra sig áfram, mjakast
    2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) hnÿsast í
    - - nosed
    - nosey
    - nosy
    - nosily
    - nosiness
    - nose-bag
    - nosedive
    - nose job
    3. verb
    (to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.)
    - lead by the nose
    - nose out
    - pay through the nose
    - turn up one's nose at
    - under a person's very nose
    - under very nose
    - under a person's nose
    - under nose

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  • 18 nothing

    1. pronoun
    (no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) ekkert
    2. noun
    (the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) núll
    3. adverb
    (not at all: He's nothing like his father.) alls ekki
    - come to nothing
    - for nothing
    - have nothing to do with
    - make nothing of
    - mean nothing to
    - next to nothing
    - nothing but
    - nothing doing!
    - there is nothing to it
    - think nothing of
    - to say nothing of

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  • 19 peg

    [peɡ] 1. noun
    1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) pinni, tittur
    2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) snagi
    3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) þvottaklemma
    2. verb
    (to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) festa með þvottaklemmum
    - take someone down a peg or two
    - take down a peg or two
    - take someone down a peg
    - take down a peg

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  • 20 proceed

    [prə'si:d, 'prousi:d]
    1) (to go on; to continue: They proceeded along the road; They proceeded with their work.) halda áfram
    2) (to follow a course of action: I want to make a cupboard, but I don't know how to proceed.) fylgja tilteknum aðferðum
    3) (to begin (to do something): They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.) byrja á
    4) (to result: Fear often proceeds from ignorance.) orsakast af
    5) (to take legal action (against): The police decided not to proceed against her.) höfða mál gegn
    - proceeds

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Cupboard — Cup board (k[u^]b b[ e]rd), n. [Cup + board.] 1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. [1913 Webster] {Cupboard… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cupboard love — Cupboard Cup board (k[u^]b b[ e]rd), n. [Cup + board.] 1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cupboard Love — is an English phrase referring to affection that is given purely to gain a reward.The term is derives from the way in which a cat will give a cupboard containing its food superficial love (which is not normally exhibited) when it wants to be fed …   Wikipedia

  • Cupboard love — is an English phrase referring to affection that is given purely to gain a reward. The term derives from the way in which a cat will give a cupboard containing its food superficial love (which is not normally exhibited) when it wants to be… …   Wikipedia

  • Cupboard — Cup board, v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cupboard faith — noun A show of faith for material end • • • Main Entry: ↑cupboard …   Useful english dictionary

  • cupboard love — cupboard lover. a personal attachment that appears to be motivated by love but in fact stems from the hope of gain. [1750 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • cupboard — (n.) late 14c., a board or table to place cups and like objects, from CUP (Cf. cup) (n.) + BOARD (Cf. board) (n.1). As a type of closed cabinet for food, etc., from early 16c …   Etymology dictionary

  • cupboard love — (UK) To show love to gain something from someone …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • cupboard — [n] storage cabinet buffet, closet, depository, facility, locker, press, repository, sideboard, storeroom, wardrobe; concept 443 …   New thesaurus

  • cupboard — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of furniture or small recess with a door and usually shelves, used for storage. ORIGIN originally denoting a table or sideboard on which cups, plates, etc. were displayed …   English terms dictionary

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