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'feðə 1. noun(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) fjær2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) pynte med fjær, sette fjær i- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nestfjærIsubst. \/ˈfeħə\/1) fjær2) ( kollektiv) fuglevilt3) ( teknikk og tømrerfag) fjær4) ( mekanikk) ribbe, (glide)kile5) fjærkledning, fjærdraktas light as a feather så lett som en fjærbirds of a feather flock together like barn leker bestcrop somebody's feathers ( overført) sette noen på plasscut a feather ( sjøfart) skjære vannet så det skummer om baugen ( overført) gå raskt, bevege seg friskt ( gammeldags) drive ordkløverifeather and groove ( tømrerfag) not og fjærfeather-and-groove planking ( tømrerfag) pløyd plankekledninga feather in someone's cap\/hat en fjær i hatten på noenfine feathers make fine birds klær skaper folkknock somebody down with a feather gjøre noen paff• you could have knocked me down with a feather!in full feather rik i full stasin high feather eller in fine feather i strålende humør, opprømt i fin form, ved god helse, strålende sunnshow the white feather vise feighet, være feigIIverb1) (zoologi, om fugler) få fjær2) sette fjær på, forsyne med fjær, pynte med fjær, sette fjær i3) ( rosport) skjene (med), flatstille4) ( teknikk) nullstille5) ( jakt) skadeskyte6) sveve som fjær, vaie som fjær7) ( tømrerfag) sammenføye med not og fjær -
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kæp1) (a hat with a peak: a chauffeur's cap.) (skygge)lue2) (a covering for the head, not with a peak: a swimming cap; a nurse's cap.) lue; (bade)hette; kappe3) (a cover or top (of a bottle, pen etc): Replace the cap after you've finished with the pen.) lokk, hette, deksel, kapsel•- cappedhette--------lueIsubst. \/kæp\/1) lue, caps, skyggelue2) lokk, deksel, hylse, topp, skrukork3) ( også percussion cap) kruttlapp, fenghette, knallhette4) (botanikk, på sopp) hatt5) (medisin, hverdagslig, også Dutch cap)pessar6) ( sport) caps (gitt som utmerkelse)7) ( økonomi) tak, grense (for pengeforbruk, lån e.l.)8) ( for akademikere) flat, firkantet hatt9) ( tannlegefag) kronecap in hand ( overført) med luen i hånden, underdanigif the cap fits (wear it!) føler du deg truffet?obtain\/win a cap bli tatt ut til landslagetput a cap on ( overført) sette en stopper forput on one's thinking cap konsentrere seg, tenke grundigset one's cap at\/for a man (gammeldags, hverdagslig) legge an på en (bestemt) mannIIsubst. \/kæp\/(forkortelse for capital letter, typografi) stor bokstav, versal, majuskelsmall caps ( typografi) kapitélerIIIverb \/kæp\/1) sette kapsel\/lokk på2) ( sport) ta ut (til et bestemt lag)3) ( tannlegefag) sette krone på4) krone, fullføre (på strålende vis)5) overgå6) dekke7) ( økonomi) begrense (pengeforbruk e.l.)to cap it all på toppen av alt, attpåtil (om en rekke negative hendinger)
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