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1 ♦ cow
♦ cow /kaʊ/n.1 vacca; mucca2 ( in combinazione) femmina ( di grosso mammifero): cow elephant, elefantessa; cow whale, balena femmina; cow buffalo, bufala3 (spreg.) donna ( in genere sciocca o antipatica): a fat cow, una grassona; Look what you've done, you silly cow!, guarda che hai fatto, stupida!; Poor cow!, poveraccia!4 (fam. Austral.) persona o cosa antipatica: a cow of a job, un lavoraccio; una bella rogna; a fair cow, ( di persona) rompiballe; ( di cosa) rogna, rottura● (fam. USA) cow college, college di agraria; (spreg.) college (o università) di seconda classe □ (bot.) cow parsley ( Anthriscus sylvestris), cerfoglio selvatico □ (bot.) cow parsnip ( Heracleum sphondylium), panace; sedano dei prati □ (bot.) cow pea ( Vigna sinensis), fagiolo dall'occhio □ (fam. USA) cow pie, (mucchietto di) sterco di mucca □ ( USA) cow town, cittadina di una regione dedita all'allevamento; (fig.) buco di provincia, posto di vaccari □ (bot.) cow tree ( Brosimum galactodendron), albero del latte □ ( slang USA) to have a cow, fare una scenata; dare in smanie; dar fuori di matto (fam.) □ (fam.) till the cows come home, per ore e ore; per un'infinità di tempo; all'infinito; fino alle calende greche.(to) cow /kaʊ/v. t.atterrire; intimidire; intimorire; spaventare: to cow sb. into submission, indurre q. all'obbedienza intimidendolo. -
2 graze
I [greɪz]nome abrasione f., escoriazione f., graffio m.II [greɪz]1) (scrape)III 1. [greɪz] 2.to graze one's elbow — scorticarsi o sbucciarsi un gomito
verbo intransitivo agr. [cow, sheep] pascolare* * *[ɡreiz] I verb((of animals) to eat grass etc which is growing.)II 1. verb1) (to scrape the skin from (a part of the body): I've grazed my knee on that stone wall.)2) (to touch lightly in passing: The bullet grazed the car.)2. noun(the slight wound caused by grazing a part of the body: a graze on one's knee.)* * *I [ɡreɪz]1. vipascolare, pascere2. vt(grass, field) mettere or lasciare a pascolo, (cattle, sheep) far pascolareII [ɡreɪz]1. n(injury) scorticatura, escoriazione f2. vt(touch lightly) sfiorare, rasentare, (scrape: skin) scorticare, escoriareto graze one's knees — sbucciarsi or escoriarsi le ginocchia
* * *graze /greɪz/n.1 abrasione; escoriazione; graffio (fam.)3 (mil.) tiro radente.(to) graze (1) /greɪz/v. i. e t.1 pascolare; brucare erba; far pascolare: The cows were grazing in the fields, le vacche pascolavano nei campi; to graze cattle, far pascolare il bestiame● to graze a meadow, mettere bestiame al pascolo su un prato.(to) graze (2) /greɪz/v. t. e i.1 abradere; escoriare; graffiare; scalfire: We just grazed bumpers in the accident, abbiamo graffiato i paraurti durante l'incidente2 rasentare, rasentarsi; sfiorare, sfiorarsi; fare il pelo a: The falling tree grazed my car, cadendo, l'albero ha sfiorato la mia macchina; (autom.) to graze the guardrail, rasentare il guardrail; The ball grazed the crossbar, la palla fece il pelo alla traversa● to graze one's knee, scorticarsi (o sbucciarsi) un ginocchio □ (mil.) grazing fire, tiro radente □ (aeron.) grazing flight, volo radente.* * *I [greɪz]nome abrasione f., escoriazione f., graffio m.II [greɪz]1) (scrape)III 1. [greɪz] 2.to graze one's elbow — scorticarsi o sbucciarsi un gomito
verbo intransitivo agr. [cow, sheep] pascolare
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