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  • 41 novel

    Adj
    1. नवीन
    The computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem.
    --------
    N
    1. उपन्यास
    Aparna is a voracious reader of novels.

    English-Hindi dictionary > novel

  • 42 un lettore vorace

    un lettore vorace
    a voracious reader.
    \
    →  vorace

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > un lettore vorace

  • 43 hij verslindt boeken

    hij verslindt boeken

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hij verslindt boeken

  • 44 verslinden

    devour eat up winst, afstanden, eat geld, swallow (up) geld
    voorbeelden:
    1   die auto verslindt benzine that car drinks petrol
         een boek verslinden devour a book
         hij verslindt boeken he's a voracious reader

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > verslinden

  • 45 divoratore

    divoratore agg. devouring, voracious: fuoco divoratore, devouring fire
    s.m., divoratrice s.f.
    1 devourer, great eater
    2 (fig.) avid consumer: è un divoratore di libri, he's an avid consumer of books.
    * * *
    [divora'tore] divoratore (-trice)
    1. agg
    (passione) consuming, (febbre) burning
    2. sm/f

    un divoratore di libri fig — an avid reader, a bookworm

    * * *
    [divora'tore]
    sostantivo maschile (f. - trice [tritʃe])

    un divoratore di librifig. a voracious o an avid reader

    * * *
    divoratore
    /divora'tore/
    sostantivo m.
    (f. - trice /trit∫e/) un divoratore di libri fig. a voracious o an avid reader.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > divoratore

  • 46 omnivorous

    om·ni·vor·ous
    [ɒmˈnɪvərəs, AM ɑ:mˈnɪvɚ-]
    adj inv
    1. (eating plants and meat) alles fressend attr, omnivor fachspr
    \omnivorous animal Allesfresser m
    2. ( fig: voracious) unstillbar
    Georgina's an \omnivorous reader Georgina verschlingt jedes Buch
    * * *
    [ɒm'nɪvərəs]
    adj (lit)
    alles fressend, omnivor (spec)

    an omnivorous readerein Vielfraß m, was Bücher angeht

    * * *
    omnivorous [-ˈnıvərəs] adj (adv omnivorously)
    1. ZOOL omnivor
    2. fig alles verschlingend (besonders Leser)
    * * *
    adj.
    alles fressend adj.

    English-german dictionary > omnivorous

  • 47 voraç

    1. voracious / avid
    Un lector voraç - An avid reader
    2. fierce
    Un voraç incendi - A fierce fire

    Diccionari Català-Anglès > voraç

  • 48 un divoratore di libri

    un divoratore di libri
    fig. a voracious o an avid reader.
    \

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > un divoratore di libri

  • 49 omnivorous

    om·ni·vor·ous [ɒmʼnɪvərəs, Am ɑ:mʼnɪvɚ-] adj
    1) ( eating plants and meat) alles fressend attr, omnivor fachspr;
    \omnivorous animal Allesfresser m;
    2) (fig: voracious) unstillbar;
    Georgina's an \omnivorous reader Georgina verschlingt jedes Buch

    English-German students dictionary > omnivorous

  • 50 avid

    1. a алчный, жадный

    an avid reader — человек, читающий запоем

    2. a алчущий, жаждущий
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. eager (adj.) agog; anxious; appetent; ardent; athirst; breathless; eager; enthusiastic; fervent; impatient; intense; keen; raring; solicitous; thirsting; thirsty; zealous
    2. grasping (adj.) acquisitive; avaricious; covetous; desirous; grasping; greedy
    3. ravenous (adj.) omnivorous; rapacious; ravenous; unappeasable; voracious
    Антонимический ряд:
    apathetic; generous

    English-Russian base dictionary > avid

  • 51 een verwoed lezer

    een verwoed lezer
    a voracious/an avid reader

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een verwoed lezer

  • 52 verwoed

    [met woede] furious enraged
    [hartstochtelijk] passionate ardent, impassioned
    voorbeelden:
    2   een verwoed lezer a voracious/an avid reader
         verwoede pogingen doen make frantic efforts

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > verwoed

  • 53 στόμα

    στόμα, ατος, τό (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.).
    mouth
    of humans or of beings whose appearance resembles that of humans: Mt 15:11a, 17; J 19:29; Ac 11:8; 23:2; 2 Th 2:8 (cp. Is 11:4; Ps 32:6); Rv 11:5.—Used in imagery Rv 1:16; 2:16; 3:16; 10:9f (cp. Ezk 3:1ff); 19:15, 21.—As an organ of speech Mt 15:11b, 18 (cp. Num 32:24); 21:16 (Ps 8:3); Lk 4:22; 11:54; Ro 10:8 (Dt 30:14); Eph 4:29; Js 3:10 (cp. Aesop, Fab. 35 P.=64 H./60 Ch./35 H-H.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος τὸ θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἐξιεῖς=out of the same mouth you send forth warm and cold [of the person who blows in his hands to warm them, and on his food to cool it off]); 1 Cl 15:3 (Ps 61:5), 4 (Ps 77:36); 2 Cl 9:10; B 11:8; Hm 3:1. ἀπόθεσθε αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν put away shameful speech from your mouth = don’t let any dirty talk cross your lips Col 3:8. ἀκούειν τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός τινος Ac 22:14; 2 Cl 13:3; B 16:10 (cp. ParJer 6:24); ἀκ. ἀπὸ τοῦ στ. τινος (Polyaenus 8, 36 ἀπὸ στόματος τῆς ἀδελφῆς) Lk 22:71; ἀκ. τι διὰ τοῦ στ. τινος Ac 1:4 D; 15:7.—ἀνεῴχθη τὸ στ. αὐτοῦ (of a mute person) his mouth was opened (Wsd 10:21) Lk 1:64, words could now come out, as REB renders: ‘his lips and tongue were freed’. ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα τινός open someone’s mouth for him and cause him to speak 1 Cl 18:15 (cp. Ps 50:17). ἀνοίγειν τὸ (ἑαυτοῦ) στόμα open one’s (own) mouth to speak (ApcMos 21; ApcrEzk; s. ἀνοίγω 5a) Mt 5:2; 13:35 (Ps 77:2); Ac 8:35; 10:34; 18:14; GEb 34:60. οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στ. αὐτοῦ=he is silent Ac 8:32; 1 Cl 16:7 (both Is 53:7; cp. Mel., P. 64; 462). For ἄνοιξις τοῦ στόματος Eph 6:19 s. ἄνοιξις. On στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλεῖν speak face to face 2J 12; 3J 14 s. πρός 3aε. On ἵνα πᾶν στ. φραγῇ Ro 3:19 s. φράσσω.—There is no δόλος or ψεῦδος in the mouth of the upright Rv 14:5; 1 Cl 50:6 (Ps 31:2); esp. of God’s ‘Servant’ (Is 53:9) 1 Pt 2:22; 1 Cl 16:10; Pol 8:1.—στόμα stands for the person in the capacity of speaker (3 Km 17:24; 22:22; 2 Ch 36:21f): ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ Mt 12:34 (καρδία … στ. as TestNapht 2:6). διὰ στόματός τινος (ApcMos 16f; B-D-F §140) by (the lips of) someone Lk 1:70; Ac 1:16; 3:18, 21.—ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι with one voice (ἓν στόμα Aristoph., Equ. 670; Pla., Rep. 364a, Laws 1, 634e; Ael. Aristid. 51, 40 K.=I p. 544 D.; PGiss 36, 12 [161 B.C.] αἱ τέτταρες λέγουσαι ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος; Pla., Rep. 364a) Ro 15:6; cp. 1 Cl 34:7.—For Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; Lk 19:22; Lk 21:15 s. 2.
    of God (Dexippus of Athens [III A.D.]: 100 Fgm. 1, 7 Jac. ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μαρτυρία διὰ στόματος; Theognis18; ParJer 6:12) Mt 4:4 (Dt 8:3); 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:20).
    of animals and animal-like beings, mouth, jaws, of a fish (PGM 5, 280ff) Mt 17:27. Of horses Js 3:3; cp. Rv 9:17–9; a weasel B 10:8; lion (Judg 14:8) Hb 11:33; Rv 13:2; in imagery 2 Ti 4:17; an apocalyptic monster (Diod S 3, 70, 4 the Aegis: ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἐκβάλλον φλόγα) Rv 12:15, 16b; 16:13abc; Hv 4, 1, 6; 4, 2, 4 (cp. Da 6:22 Theod.; JosAs 12:10).
    the product of the organ of speech, utterance, mouth. By metonymy for what the mouth utters ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων (Dt 19:15) Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1. ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου κρινῶ σε Lk 19:22. ἐγὼ δώσω ὑμῖν στόμα καὶ σοφίαν I will give you eloquence and wisdom Lk 21:15. S. also 1a.
    a geological fissure, mouth in imagery of the earth in which a fissure is opened (s. Gen 4:11) ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς Rv 12:16a.
    the foremost part of someth., edge fig. ext. of 1. The sword, like the jaws of a wild animal, devours people; hence acc. to OT usage (but s. Philostrat., Her. 19, 4 στ. τῆς αἰχμῆς; Quint. Smyrn. 1, 194; 813 and s. μάχαιρα 1; cp. στ.=‘point’ of a sword Hom. et al.; στόμα πολέμου Polemo Soph. B8 Reader p. 134) στόμα μαχαίρης the edge of the sword = the voracious sword (Josh 19:48; Sir 28:18; s. also μάχαιρα 1, end) Lk 21:24; Hb 11:34.—B. 228; esp. 860. DELG. M-M. TW.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > στόμα

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  • voracious reader — book worm, one who likes to read …   English contemporary dictionary

  • voracious — voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, rapacious can all mean excessively greedy and can all apply to persons, their appetites and reactions, or their behavior. Voracious implies habitual gorging with food or drink, or with whatever satisfies …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • voracious — [vô rā′shəs, vərā′shəs] adj. [L vorax (gen. voracis), greedy to devour < vorare, to devour < IE base * gwer , to devour, GORGE > Gr bora, food (of carnivorous beasts), L gurges, gorge] 1. greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour… …   English World dictionary

  • reader — n. one who reads 1) an avid, voracious reader 2) a regular reader (of a newspaper) 3) a copy reader (AE; BE has subeditor) 4) (rel.) a lay reader university teacher below the rank of professor (BE) 5) a reader in (a reader in physics) practice… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • reader — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, competent, fast, fluent, good, proficient ▪ poor, slow ▪ alert …   Collocations dictionary

  • voracious — adjective Etymology: Latin vorac , vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • voracious — vo|ra|cious [vəˈreıʃəs, vɔ US vo: , və ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: vorax, from vorare; DEVOUR] 1.) eating or wanting large quantities of food ▪ Pigs are voracious feeders. ▪ Kids can have voracious appetites . 2.) having an extremely …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • voracious — adjective 1 eating or wanting large quantities of food: Pigs are voracious feeders. | a voracious appetite: Kids can have voracious appetites. 2 extremely eager to read books, gain knowledge etc: a voracious reader voraciously adverb… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • voracious — adjective /vɔːˈreɪ.ʃəs,vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ a) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. I never had so much as . . . one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from… …   Wiktionary

  • voracious — [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj formal 1) a voracious person or animal eats a lot 2) enjoying something very much and wanting to do it a lot a voracious reader[/ex] voraciously adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • voracious — vo•ra•cious [[t]vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ , və [/t]] adj. 1) craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite[/ex] 2) exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader[/ex] • Etymology: 1625–35; < L vorāx, s. vorāc , adj. der …   From formal English to slang

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