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1 skrå
* * *I. (en)( tobak) chewing tobacco;vb chew tobacco;[ en skrå] a quid, a plug;[ en rulle skrå] a twist of chewing tobacco.II. (en)( korn) crushed corn, grits pl;vb crush.III. vb( gå i skrå retning) slant;[ skrå over gaden] cross the street diagonally.IV. adj slanting ( fx roof, handwriting),( ofte blidere) sloping ( fx line, roof, shoulders),(mere F) inclined ( fx plane, roof),F oblique ( fx line, rays);T ( om noget der skal rettes op) cock-eyed ( fx the picture on the wall is cock-eyed),(spøg.) skew-whiff;[ de skrå brædder] the stage, the boards;(spøg.) tread the boards;[ skrå kant] chamfered edge, bevel;[ i skrå stilling] sloping, slanting;(adv) obliquely, on the slant, slantingly;[ klippe stof på skrå] cut material on the bias;[ lægge hovedet på skrå] lean one's head on one side;[ skråt over for] diagonally opposite;(vulg) you can stuff (el. shove) it (up your arse);[ skråt op!] shove it! stuff it! -
2 brædder
pl boards;[ de skrå brædder] the stage, the boards. -
3 stiv
formal, inflexible, rigid, set, stiff* * *adj( stærkere, F el. fagligt) rigid;( stivet) starched;(mods lind) stiff ( fx beat the cream till it is stiff), thick,(om gélé etc) firm;( om bevægelse) stiff,( om optræden) stiff, formal;(se også III. stift);T I like that! that's the limit! that beats everything![ blive stiv] grow stiff, stiffen,( om gélé) set,T jell;[ gøre stiv] make stiff, stiffen;[ med sb:][ han tog det i stiv arm] he took it in his stride,(dvs uden at kny) he did not bat an eyelid;[ vi må tage det i stiv arm] we must stick it out;[ i stift bind] in boards, hard-covered;[ stiv flip] starched collar;[ en stiv kuling] a stiff breeze;[ et stift led] a stiff joint;[ en stiv pris] a stiff price;[ stift skæg] bristly beard;T that's a bit thick;[ en stiv time] a solid hour;[ en stiv whisky] a stiff whisky;(se også pind, I. puds, I. øre);[ med præp:][ stiv af skræk] paralysed with terror;[ være stiv i](dvs være dygtig til) be well up in;[ han er stiv i papirerne] he is well up in the subject.
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