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1 drag
n. tung harv; hinder; dragnät; tråkmåns; dra; då man klickar och flyttar ngt. med musen (data), dra; bogsering; förhinder; malande--------v. dra, släpa; släpas; lunka, släpa (på fötterna)* * *[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) släpa, dra2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) släpa, dra3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) släpa4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) dragga5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) vara långdragen2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) motstånd, hinder2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) bloss3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) pina, plåga4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) transvestitkläder, dragshowkläder -
2 root
n. rot, upphov; grund--------v. rotfästa; slå rot: dra upp med rötterna; böka, rota; bli etablerad (angående företag etc.); utrota* * *I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) rot2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) rot3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) rot4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) rötter2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) [] slå rot- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) böka, rota2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) rota
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body search — noun A search of a person s body, esp for drugs and other concealable items • • • Main Entry: ↑body * * * ˈbody search [body search] noun a search of a person s body, for example by the police or by a customs official, for drugs, weapons, etc … Useful english dictionary
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body search — n a thorough search for drugs, weapons etc, that might be hidden on someone s body ▪ Everyone entering the building had a body search. >body search v [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
body search — body ,search noun count a search of someone s body and clothing for weapons or drugs, made by a police officer or other official … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
body search — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms body search : singular body search plural body searches a search of someone s body and clothing for weapons or drugs, made by a police officer or other official … English dictionary
body search — noun (C) a thorough search for drugs, weapons etc, that might be hidden on someone s body: They did a body search on all the passengers before they boarded the plane. body search verb (T) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
body-search — see body search … English dictionary
body-search — bod′y search v. t. cvb to search all parts of the body of: Police body searched the suspects for concealed narcotics[/ex] … From formal English to slang
body-search — /bod ee serrch /, v.t. to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body searched them for hidden caches of narcotics. * * * … Universalium
body-search — /bod ee serrch /, v.t. to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body searched them for hidden caches of narcotics … Useful english dictionary
body-search — /ˈbɒdi sɜtʃ/ (say bodee serch) noun a searching of the body, as at airports, seaports, etc., for concealed weapons or other forbidden matter …
