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  • 1 crack

    [kræk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna
    2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta
    3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella
    4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara
    5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp
    6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr
    7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður
    2. noun
    1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga
    2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa
    3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur
    4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg
    5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari
    6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
    3. adjective
    (expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-
    - crackdown
    - cracker
    - crackers
    - crack a book
    - crack down on
    - crack down
    - get cracking
    - have a crack at
    - have a crack

    English-Icelandic dictionary > crack

  • 2 edge

    [e‹] 1. noun
    1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) barmur, rönd, brún
    2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) egg; bit
    3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) snarpleikur; skerpa; sárasta hungur
    2. verb
    1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) brydda; afmarka
    2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) mjaka
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    - edgy
    - edgily
    - edginess
    - have the edge on/over
    - on edge

    English-Icelandic dictionary > edge

  • 3 jar

    I noun
    (a kind of bottle made of glass or pottery, with a wide mouth: She poured the jam into large jars; jam-jars.)
    II past tense, past participle - jarred; verb
    1) ((with on) to have a harsh and startling effect (on): Her sharp voice jarred on my ears.) nísta
    2) (to give a shock to: The car accident had jarred her nerves.) koma illa við
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > jar

  • 4 menthol

    ['menƟəl]
    (a sharp-smelling substance got from peppermint oil used to help give relief from colds etc: If you have a cold put some menthol in boiling water and breathe in the steam; Some cigarettes contain menthol.) mentól

    English-Icelandic dictionary > menthol

  • 5 point

    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) oddur
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) nes, oddi
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) punktur
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) staður
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) nákvæmt augnablik
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) stig, mark
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) áttastrik
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) stig, punktur
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) (aðal)atriði, punktur, kjarni
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) tilgangur
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) eiginleiki, hlið
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) innstunga
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) miða, beina
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) benda á
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) spartla/múra í
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    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes

    English-Icelandic dictionary > point

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  • sharp — [shärp] adj. [ME < OE scearp, akin to Ger scharf, ON skarpr < IE * (s)kerb(h) < base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR, HARVEST, L caro, flesh] 1. suitable for use in cutting or piercing; having a very thin edge or fine point; keen 2. having… …   English World dictionary

  • sharp — sharp1 [ ʃarp ] adjective *** ▸ 1 pointed ▸ 2 sudden & big/strong etc. ▸ 3 quick to notice/react ▸ 4 clear and with detail ▸ 5 showing someone is annoyed ▸ 6 clearly different ▸ 7 fashionable ▸ 8 with bitter flavor ▸ 9 wind/frost: very cold ▸ 10… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sharp — 1 adjective 1 ABLE TO CUT having a very thin edge or point that can cut things easily: Peel the apples using a sharp knife. | The metal was jagged with lots of sharp edges. | razor sharp (=very sharp) opposite blunt 1 (1) 2 SOUNDS loud, short,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sharp — I UK [ʃɑː(r)p] / US [ʃɑrp] adjective Word forms sharp : adjective sharp comparative sharper superlative sharpest *** 1) a sharp object has an edge that can cut or an end that is pointed Cut the melon in half using a sharp knife. The cage should… …   English dictionary

  • sharp-cut — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : cut so as to be sharp or make a clear well defined impression an engraved plate with sharp cut lines * * * /shahrp kut /, adj. 1. cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp cut blade. 2. distinctly outlined;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sharp-cut — /shahrp kut /, adj. 1. cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp cut blade. 2. distinctly outlined; clearly defined. * * * …   Universalium

  • sharp — [ʆɑːp ǁ ʆɑːrp] adjective a sharp increase, fall etc is very sudden and very big: • a sharp rise in interest rates • Unemployment generally brings a sharp fall in income. • The group reported a sharp decline in full year profits. sharply adverb …   Financial and business terms

  • Sharp (surname) — Sharp is a surname. Sharp is cognate to the German dd. scharf . It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin la. scrobis ditch , Russian ru. skresti to scrape .* Abraham Sharp (1651 1742), English schoolmaster,… …   Wikipedia

  • Sharp — Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sharp practice — Sharp Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sharp — sharp, keen, acute can all mean having a fine point or edge, but it is in several of their extended senses that they are most likely to come into comparison. As applied to persons or their qualities, especially of intellect, all three can… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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