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1 famine
['fæmin]((a) great lack or shortage especially of food: Some parts of the world suffer regularly from famine.) hallæri -
2 reduce
[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) minnka, lækka2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) grennast3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) koma/setja í slæmt ástand•- reduction -
3 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) léttir, linun2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) neyðar-/fjárhagshjálp3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) afleysingamaður4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) frelsun5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) upphleypt mynd•- relieve- relieved -
4 stalk
I [sto:k] noun(the stem of a plant or of a leaf, flower or fruit: If the stalk is damaged, the plant may die.) stöngull, stilkurII [sto:k] verb1) (to walk stiffly and proudly, eg in anger: He stalked out of the room in disgust.) rigsa2) (to move menacingly through a place: Disease and famine stalk (through) the country.) breiðast út3) (in hunting, to move gradually as close as possible to game, eg deer, trying to remain hidden: Have you ever stalked deer / been deer-stalking?) læðast að•- stalker
См. также в других словарях:
famine — [ famin ] n. f. • 1155; du rad. du lat. fames « faim » 1 ♦ Manque d aliments qui fait qu une population souffre de la faim. ⇒ disette. Pays qui souffre de la famine. ⇒ faim. Famine endémique. La famine règne dans tout le pays. Les grandes famines … Encyclopédie Universelle
famine — Famine. s. f. Disette publique, de pain & des autres choses necessaires à la nourriture. Il y eut une grande famine cette année là. par un temps de famine. la famine est un des fleaux dont Dieu chastie les hommes. la famine se mit dans la ville.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Famine — Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a famine in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
famine — mid 14c., from O.Fr. famine hunger (12c.), from V.L. *famina, from L. fames hunger, starvation, famine, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
famine — Famine, Fames. La famine est ensuyvie, Secuta est fames. Apporter famine aux citoyens, Famem ciuibus inferre … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Famine — Famine, s. Port Famine … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Famīne — Famīne, Hafen an der Ostküste der südlichsten Halbinsel von Patagonien (Südamerika); hier errichteten 1582 die Spanier das Fort Ciudad del Rey Felipe; doch starb die Besatzung von 400 bis auf 24 wegen Mangels an Lebensmitteln aus, u. als 1587 die … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
famine — index paucity, poverty, privation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
famine — [n] hunger dearth, destitution, drought, misery, paucity, poverty, scarcity, starvation, want; concepts 674,709 Ant. feast, plenty, stores, supply … New thesaurus
famine — ► NOUN 1) extreme scarcity of food. 2) archaic hunger. ORIGIN Old French, from faim hunger , from Latin fames … English terms dictionary
famine — [fam′in] n. [ME < OFr < VL * famina < L fames, hunger < IE base * dhē , to wither away > DAZE] 1. an acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this 2. any acute shortage 3. Archaic starvation … English World dictionary
