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  • 1 Fence

    subs.
    P. and V. ἕρκος, τό (Plat.), V. περιβολή, ἡ.
    Stockade: P. σταύρωμα, τό, χαράκωμα, τό.
    Sit on the fence—met., be a trimmer: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.
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    v. trans.
    Block up: P. and V. φράσσειν, P. ἐμφράσσειν.
    Fortify with a stockade: P. σταυροῦν, περισταυροῦν, ἀποσταυροῦν.
    Fence round an estate: P. χωρίον περιοικοδομεῖν ( Dem 1272).
    Fence off: P. ἀποφράσσειν, ἀπολαμβάνειν.
    Fence with ( a question): P. διακρούεσθαι (acc.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fence

  • 2 fence

    I 1. [fens] noun
    (a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire etc to stop people, animals etc moving on to or off a piece of land: The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.) φράχτης
    2. verb
    (to enclose (an area of land) with a fence eg to prevent people, animals etc from getting in: We fenced off the field.) περιφράζω
    II [fens] verb
    1) (to fight with (blunted) swords as a sport.) ξιφομαχώ
    2) (to avoid answering questions: He fenced with me for half an hour before I got the truth.) μασώ τα λόγια μου
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  • 3 swordsman

    ['so:‹-]
    noun (a man who can fight or fence with a sword.) ξιφομάχος

    English-Greek dictionary > swordsman

  • 4 vault

    [vo:lt] I noun
    1) ((a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling: the castle vaults.)
    2) (an underground room, especially for storing valuables: The thieves broke into the bank vaults.)
    3) (a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family: He was buried in the family vault.)
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    II 1. noun
    (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.)
    2. verb
    (to leap (over): He vaulted (over) the fence.)

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  • 5 alight

    I past tense, past participle - alighted; verb
    1) (to get down from or out of: to alight from a bus.) κατεβαίνω, εξέρχομαι
    2) ((with on) to settle or land on: The bird alighted on the fence.) πάω και κάθομαι
    II adjective
    (burning; very bright: The bonfire was still alight; His eyes were alight with joy.) φλεγόμενος, αναψοκοκκινισμένος

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  • 6 barbed wire

    wire with sharp points at intervals: I tore my skirt on that barbed wire; (also adjective with hyphen) (a barbed-wire fence.) (αγκαθωτό) συρματόπλεγμα

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  • 7 enclosure

    [-ʒə]
    1) (the act of enclosing.) έγκλειση
    2) (land surrounded by a fence or wall: He keeps a donkey in that enclosure.) περίβολος
    3) (something put in along with a letter: I received your enclosure with gratitude.) εσώκλειστο(έγγραφο κλπ.)

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  • 8 electrified

    adjective (supplied or charged with electricity: an electrified fence.) ηλεκτρισμένος/ηλεκτροφόρος

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  • 9 fencing

    I noun
    ((the material used for) a fence: a hundred metres of fencing.) περίφραξη,υλικό περιφράξεως
    II noun
    (the sport of fighting with (blunted) swords: I used to be very good at fencing.) ξιφομαχία,ξιφασκία

    English-Greek dictionary > fencing

  • 10 hop

    I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb
    1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) πηδώ στο ένα πόδι
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) (χορο)πηδώ
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) πηδώ
    4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) πηδώ,πετάγομαι
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) πηδηματάκι στο ένα πόδι
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) πηδηματάκι
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    - catch someone on the hop
    - catch on the hop
    - keep someone on the hop
    - keep on the hop     II [hop] noun
    (a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) λοφίσκος

    English-Greek dictionary > hop

  • 11 jump

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) πηδώ
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) πηδώ
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) αναπηδώ, τινάζομαι
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) υπερπηδώ
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) πήδημα
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) εμπόδιο
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) άλμα
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) απότομη κίνηση, ξάφνιασμα
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) απότομη αύξηση
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    - jump at
    - jump for joy
    - jump on
    - jump the gun
    - jump the queue
    - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
    - jump to it

    English-Greek dictionary > jump

  • 12 ram

    [ræm] 1. noun
    1) (a male sheep.) κριάρι
    2) (something heavy, especially a part of a machine, used for ramming.) έμβολο
    2. verb
    1) ((of ships, cars etc) to run into, and cause damage to: The destroyer rammed the submarine; His car rammed into/against the car in front of it.) εμβολίζω
    2) (to push down, into, on to etc with great force: We rammed the fence-posts into the ground.) χώνω

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  • 13 string

    1. [striŋ] noun
    1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) σπάγγος,κορδόνι
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) ίνα
    3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) χορδή
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) αρμαθιά
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) αρμαθιάζω
    2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) περνώ χορδή
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) αφαιρώ ίνες,καθαρίζω
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) δένω
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    - stringy
    - stringiness
    - string bean
    - stringed instruments
    - have someone on a string
    - have on a string
    - pull strings
    - pull the strings
    - string out
    - strung up
    - stringent
    - stringently
    - stringency

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  • 14 wire

    1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) σύρμα
    2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) σύρμα, καλώδιο
    3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) τηλέγραφος
    4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) τηλεγράφημα
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) καλωδιώνω
    2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) τηλεγραφώ
    3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) τηλεγραφώ
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    - wiring
    - high wire
    - wire-netting

    English-Greek dictionary > wire

См. также в других словарях:

  • fence\ with — • fence with • spar with v To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Fence — (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. Shak. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fence month — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fence roof — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fence time — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fence — Fence, v. i. 1. To make a defense; to guard one s self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence. [1913 Webster] Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fence — [fens] n. [ME fens, aphetic for defens, DEFENSE] 1. Obs. a protection; defense 2. a barrier, as of wooden or metal posts, rails, wire mesh, etc., used as a boundary or means of protection or confinement 3. the art of self defense with foil, saber …   English World dictionary

  • fence row — fence row, U.S. a fence with the line of shrubs and other vegetation growing in its protection …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fence — A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or …   Wikipedia

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