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fence+with

  • 1 swordsman

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

    English-Icelandic dictionary > swordsman

  • 2 vault

    [vo:lt] I noun
    1) ((a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling: the castle vaults.) hvelfing; hvelfdur kjallari
    2) (an underground room, especially for storing valuables: The thieves broke into the bank vaults.) öryggisgeymsla
    3) (a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family: He was buried in the family vault.) grafhvelfing
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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.) (stangar)stökk
    2. verb
    (to leap (over): He vaulted (over) the fence.) stökkva (yfir)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > vault

  • 3 alight

    I past tense, past participle - alighted; verb
    1) (to get down from or out of: to alight from a bus.) stíga út, fara niður (úr)
    2) ((with on) to settle or land on: The bird alighted on the fence.) setjast
    II adjective
    (burning; very bright: The bonfire was still alight; His eyes were alight with joy.) logandi, ljómandi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > alight

  • 4 barbed wire

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

    English-Icelandic dictionary > barbed wire

  • 5 enclosure

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

    English-Icelandic dictionary > enclosure

  • 6 electrified

    adjective (supplied or charged with electricity: an electrified fence.) rafvæddur, rafmagnaður

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  • 7 fencing

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

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  • 8 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.) hoppa á öðrum fæti
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) hoppa, stökkva
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) stökkva yfir/fram úr
    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.) hoppa upp í
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) hopp, stökk
    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.) hopp, stökk
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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.) humall

    English-Icelandic dictionary > hop

  • 9 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!) hoppa
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) stökkva upp í/á fætur
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) hrökkva við
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) stökkva yfir
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) stökk
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) hindrun
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) hástökk; langstökk
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) hrökkva við
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) skyndileg hækkun
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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-Icelandic dictionary > jump

  • 10 ram

    [ræm] 1. noun
    1) (a male sheep.) hrútur
    2) (something heavy, especially a part of a machine, used for ramming.) múrbrjótur; pressa, stimpill
    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.) rekast harkalega á
    2) (to push down, into, on to etc with great force: We rammed the fence-posts into the ground.) reka niður

    English-Icelandic dictionary > ram

  • 11 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.) band, snæri
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) (æða)strengur
    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.) strengur
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) kippa, festi
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) þræða upp á band
    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.) setja streng(i) í/á
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) tína (strengi) úr
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) hengja
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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

    English-Icelandic dictionary > string

  • 12 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.) vír
    2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) vír
    3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) ritsími
    4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) símskeyti
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) leggja raflögn í
    2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) senda símskeyti
    3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) senda símskeyti
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    - wiring
    - high wire
    - wire-netting

    English-Icelandic 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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