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1 blunt
1. adjective1) ((of objects) having no point or sharp edge: a blunt knife.) neass; truls2) ((of people) (sometimes unpleasantly) straightforward or frank in speech: She was very blunt, and said that she did not like him.) skarbs; atklāts2. verb(to make less sharp: This knife has been blunted by years of use.) notrulināt- bluntly- bluntness* * *lāpāmā adata; notrulināt; neass, truls; notrulināts; skarbs, atklāts -
2 blunt angle
platleņķis -
3 blunt truth
skarba patiesība -
4 to blunt the effect
mazināt iespaidu -
5 brusque
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6 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) izjaukt (plānus u.tml.)II [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folija2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) kontrasts; fonsIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) rapieris* * *florete; pēdas; folija, staniols; lapu ornaments; fons, kontrasts; sajaukt; novest strupceļā, izjaukt -
7 no good
(useless; pointless: It's no good crying for help - no-one will hear you; This penknife is no good - the blades are blunt.) nav vērts; nekam nederēt* * *nekam nederīgs -
8 porpoise
['po:pəs](a type of blunt-nosed sea animal of the dolphin family.) jūrascūka, cūkdelfīns* * *jūras cūka, delfīns; palēkties paceļoties -
9 spatula
['spætjulə, ]( American[) - u-](a kind of tool with a broad blunt blade: Spread the icing on the cake with a spatula.) lāpstiņa* * *lāpstiņa
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Blunt — Blunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blunting}.] 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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