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1 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) afleggjari, græðlingur2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) úrklippur3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) gröftur eða skurður -
2 press-cutting
noun (an article cut out of a newspaper or magazine.) blaðaúrklippa -
3 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
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4 axe
[æks] 1. noun(a tool with a (long) handle and a metal blade for cutting down trees and cutting wood etc into pieces.) öxi2. verb1) (to get rid of; to dismiss: They've axed 50% of their staff.) segja upp2) (to reduce (costs, services etc): Government spending in education has been axed.) skera niður -
5 cut down
1) (to cause to fall by cutting: He has cut down the apple tree.) fella2) (to reduce (an amount taken etc): I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.) minnka, draga úr -
6 guillotine
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7 anatomy
[ə'nætəmi](the science of the structure of the (usually human) body, especially the study of the body by cutting up dead animal and human bodies.) líffærafræði- anatomically
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8 bevel
['bevəl](a slanting edge (rather than a sharp corner): A chisel has a bevel on its cutting edge.) skái, sniðbrún- bevelled -
9 blade
[bleid]1) (the cutting part of a knife etc: His penknife has several different blades.) blað2) (the flat part of a leaf etc: a blade of grass.) grasstrá; blaðka3) (the flat part of an oar.) blað -
10 carve
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11 chisel
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12 chop down
(to cause (especially a tree) to fall by cutting it with an axe: He chopped down the fir tree.) höggva niður -
13 craze
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14 cross-section
1) ((a drawing etc of) the area or surface made visible by cutting through something, eg an apple.) þverskurður2) (a sample as representative of the whole: He interviewed a cross-section of the audience to get their opinion of the play.) þversnið; úrtak -
15 cut one's teeth
(to grow one's first teeth: The baby's cutting his first tooth.) taka tennur -
16 cutlass
(a short, broad, slightly curved sword with one cutting edge.) bjúgsverð -
17 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) barmur, rönd, brún2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) egg; bit3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) snarpleikur; skerpa; sárasta hungur2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) brydda; afmarka2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) mjaka•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
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18 hacksaw
noun (a saw for cutting metals.) járnsög -
19 haircut
noun (the act or style of cutting a person's hair: Go and get a haircut.) hárklipping -
20 hairstyle
noun (the result of cutting, styling etc a person's hair: a simple hairstyle.) greiðsla, klipping
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