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  • 1 candle-light

    noun (the light from a candle: We had dinner by candle-light.) φως κεριών

    English-Greek dictionary > candle-light

  • 2 candle

    ['kændl]
    (a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) κερί
    - candlestick

    English-Greek dictionary > candle

  • 3 Candle

    subs.
    Use torch.

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

  • 4 snuff out

    1) (to extinguish the flame of (a candle etc): He snuffed out the candle by squeezing the wick between his thumb and forefinger.) σβήνω
    2) (to (cause to) come to a sudden end: Opposition was quickly snuffed out.) καταστέλλω

    English-Greek dictionary > snuff out

  • 5 blow out

    (to extinguish or put out (a flame etc) by blowing: The wind blew out the candle; The child blew out the match.) σβήνω

    English-Greek dictionary > blow out

  • 6 candlestick

    noun (a holder for a candle.) κηροπήγιο

    English-Greek dictionary > candlestick

  • 7 flicker

    ['flikə] 1. verb
    1) (to burn unsteadily: the candle flickered.) τρεμοπαίζω,τρεμοσβήνω
    2) (to move quickly and unsteadily: A smile flickered across her face.) τρεμοπαίζω
    2. noun
    (an unsteady light or flame: the flicker of an oil lamp.) τρεμούλιασμα

    English-Greek dictionary > flicker

  • 8 glimmer

    ['ɡlimə] 1. verb
    (to shine faintly: A single candle glimmered in the darkness.) τρεμοφέγγω
    2. noun
    1) (a faint light.)
    2) (a slight sign or amount: a glimmer of hope.)

    English-Greek dictionary > glimmer

  • 9 snuff

    I noun
    (powdered tobacco for sniffing up into the nose: He took a pinch of snuff.) ταμπάκος
    II verb
    (to snip off the burnt part of the wick of (a candle or lamp).) κόβω την κάφτρα

    English-Greek dictionary > snuff

  • 10 taper

    ['teipə] 1. noun
    (a long, thin type of candle.) λεπτό κερί
    2. verb
    ((sometimes with off) to make or become narrower or slimmer at one end: The leaves taper (off) to a point.) λεπταίνω στην άκρη
    - tapering

    English-Greek dictionary > taper

  • 11 wax

    I 1. [wæks] noun
    1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) κερί
    2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) κυψελίδα
    3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) παρκετίνη
    4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) κερί / κέρινος
    5) (sealing-wax.) βουλοκέρι
    2. verb
    (to smear, polish or rub with wax.) παρκετάρω
    - waxen
    - waxy
    - waxwork
    - waxworks     II [wæks] verb
    1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) μεγαλώνω, γεμίζω
    2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) γίνομαι

    English-Greek dictionary > wax

  • 12 wick

    [wik]
    (the twisted threads of cotton etc in a candle, lamp etc, which draw up the oil or wax into the flame.) φιτίλι

    English-Greek dictionary > wick

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