bent and turned

['twIstɪd]

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vṛij

varjati, vṛiṇákti;
cl. 2. Ā. Dhātup. XXIV, 19 ;
vṛikte ( Ved. and BhP. alsoﾠ várjate andﾠ vṛiṅkté;
Impv. vṛiṅktām <v.l. vṛiktām> Mn. IX, 20 ;
vṛiṅgdhvam BhP. XI, 4, 14 ;
pf. vavarja, vavṛije <Gr. alsoﾠ vavṛiñje RV. vāvṛije;
vavṛijyúḥ, vavṛiktam AV. p. f. - varjúshī>;
aor. avṛik AV. ;
vark <2. 3. sg.>, varktam, avṛijan Pot. vṛijyām RV. ;
ávṛikta ib. ;
avṛiksham, - shi ib. ;
avārkshīs Br. ;
avarjīt, avajishṭa Gr.;
fut. varjitā Br. ;
varjishyati ib. ;
varkshyati, - te Br. ;
inf. vṛíje, vṛiñjáse, vṛijádhyai RV. ;
vajitum orﾠ vṛiñjitum Gr.;
ind. p. vṛiktvī́ RV. ;
- vṛíjya, - vargam Br. etc.), to bend, turn RV. IV, 7, 10 ;
to twist off, pull up, pluck, gather (esp. sacrificial grass) RV. TBr. ;
to wring off orﾠ break a person's (acc.) neck RV. VI, 18, 8; 26, 3 ;
to avert, remove RV. ;
(Ā.) to keep anything from (abl. orﾠ gen.), divert, withhold, exclude, abalienate RV. TS. Br. Mn. BhP. ;
(Ā.) to choose for one's self, select, appropriate BhP.:
Pass. vṛijyáte, to be bent orﾠ turned orﾠ twisted RV. etc.:
Caus. varjayati Dhātup. XXIV, 7 ;
m. c. alsoﾠ - te;
Pot. varjayīta MBh. ;
aor. avavarjat), to remove, avoid, shun, relinquish, abandon, give up, renounce ChUp. GṛṠrS. MBh. etc.;
to spare, let live MBh. ;
to exclude, omit, exempt, except (- yitvā with acc. = excepting, with the exception of) Mn. MBh. etc.:
Pass. of Caus. varjyate, to be deprived of. lose (instr.) Hariv. (cf. varjita):
Desid. vivṛiksháte ( Br.), vivarjishati, - te (Gr.), to wish to bend orﾠ turn etc.:
Intens. varīvṛijyate, varvarkti (Gr.;
p. várīvṛijat RV.), to turn aside, divert:
Caus. of Intens. varīvarjáyati (p. f. - yantī), to turn hither andﾠ thither (the ears) AV. ;
vṛíj

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Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.

Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.

Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.

Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.

Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.

Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.

Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.

Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.

Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.

Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.

* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

despiadado


‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
' despiadado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acerba
- acerbo
- bárbara
- bárbaro
- despiadada
English:
cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- cutthroat
- merciless
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- unmerciful
- vicious
- cold
[persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless

I II I II
Del verbo voltear: ( conjugate voltear)

volteado es:


Multiple Entries:
volteado    
voltear
volteado

pey) bent (pej), queer (pej)
voltear ( conjugate voltear) verbo transitivo
1

‹ tierra› to turn (over)

[ caballo] to throw
2 (AmL exc CS)

‹ cuadro› to turn … around;
‹copa/jarrón› ( poner — boca arriba) to turn … the right way up;
(— boca abajo) to turn … upside down

(— del derecho) to turn … the right way round;

3 (AmL exc CS) ( dar la vuelta):

al oír su voz volteó la cara when she heard his voice she turned her head
4 (CS) (tumbar, echar abajo) ‹bolos/botella› to knock over;
‹ puerta› to knock down
voltearse verbo pronominal

( cambiar de ideas) to change one's ideas

voltear
I verbo transitivo
1 (en el aire) to toss
(la tortilla, la tierra) to turn over
2 LAm (la cabeza) to turn
II verbo intransitivo to tumble
Col, Méx Fam queer, Br poof, US fag

إلى \ to: showing possession or position: It belongs to them. It was stuck to the wall, in expressions of place and time; showing where sb. or sth. goes; showing an aim or limit; showing a point that is reached: We walked to school. He jumped on to the table. I was away from June to October. against: touching (usually sth. upright): He pressed his nose against the glass. for: towards: We set off for home. into: showing a change of condition: The castle was turned into a hotel. till, until: up to (a certain time): We waited from 6.30 till midnight. \ إلى \ there: in or to that place: Let’s go there; we line there. \ See Also في ذلك المكان \ إلى \ somewhere: in or to some place (but usu. anywhere in negative sentences and questions): I’ve met him somewhere before. Let’s go somewhere peaceful (to some peaceful place). \ See Also أو في مَكانٍ ما \ إلى الأبَد \ forever: (also two words: (for ever) for always; endlessly: I can’t wait forever. \ إلى أَبْعَد حَدّ \ exceedingly: very: He’s exceedingly clever. extremely: very: You’re extremely kind. \ إلى أَبْعَد الحُدود \ ever so: very: It’s ever so easy. \ إلى أَبْعَد مِن \ farther: at or to a greater distance: I was too tired to go farther. \ إلى اتّجاه آخر \ round: so as to face in a different or opposite direction: The wind went round from east to north. He turned the car round and went back. \ إلى الاتّجاه المُضادّ \ round: so as to face in a different or opposite direction: The wind went round from east to north. He turned the car round and went back. \ إلى الآخِر \ right: all the way: Go right to the end of the road. 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It was a moderately warm day. more or less: about, but not exactly: She’s more or less ready, but she can’t find her handbag. partially: not wholly; not completely: He’s partially blind. partly: not completely; in regard to a part: It was partly my fault, and partly his. rather: not very, but fairly: I was rather sorry to miss that meeting. We arrived rather (slightly) earlier than we expected. reasonably: fairly; enough, but not completely: I’m reasonably certain of success. slightly: a little: He’s slightly taller than I am. somewhat: rather: He’s somewhat older than you are. to a certain degree: not completely: To a certain degree, it was my fault. pretty: fairly; comparatively: a pretty cheap car (cheaper than most cars). \ See Also جزئيا (جزئيًّا)، باعتدال، تقريبا (تقريبًا)‏ \ إلى حَيْثُ \ where: in or to the place in which: I’m going where I always go. 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We must cut down our costs. \ إلى الطَّابق الأَسْفَل \ down: downstairs: He’s out of bed and he’ll be down in a minute. downstairs: down the stairs: He hurried downstairs. \ إلى غير رَجْعَة \ for good: for ever: I’ve stopped smoking for good. \ إلى فَوْق \ up: towards the top of: We climbed up the hill. \ See Also فوق (فَوْق)‏ \ إلى قِطع صغيرة \ to bits: (after verbs like come, go, fall, blow, cut, tear) into little pieces: My glasses fell to bits on the floor. \ إلى ما قبلَ (وقت محدد)‏ \ hitherto: up to now; up to the past time already spoken of: Hitherto, he had never been absent from work. \ إلى النِّهاية \ out: completely: I was tired out. right: all the way: Go right to the end of the road. up: (with verbs) completely; to the end: Finish up your food. \ إلى هذا الحَدّ \ so far: until now: We’ve won six games so far. this: so: I didn’t expect him to be this late (so late as he is) The fish was only this big (the size that I’m showing you). \ See Also حتّى الآن \ إلى هُنا \ here: at, in or to this place: I live here. Come here! He lives near here. Is the hospital far from here?. \ See Also هنا (هُنا)‏ \ إلى هُناك \ there: to that place: Let’s go there. \ See Also هناك (هُناك)‏ \ إلى اليَمين \ clockwise: in the direction taken by the hands of a clock: To open this lock, turn the key clockwise (or in a clockwise direction).