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  • 1 high

    1. adjective
    1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) hár
    2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) hár
    3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) hár, mikill, töluverður
    4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) há-, hæsti-, aðal-
    5) (noble; good: high ideals.) háleitur
    6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) sterkur, mikill
    7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) hár, bjartur
    8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) hár, bjartur
    9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) sem farið er að slá í
    10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) háspil
    2. adverb
    (at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) hátt
    - highness
    - high-chair
    - high-class
    - higher education
    - high fidelity
    - high-handed
    - high-handedly
    - high-handedness
    - high jump
    - highlands
    - high-level
    - highlight     3. verb
    (to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) beina athygli að
    - high-minded
    - high-mindedness
    - high-pitched
    - high-powered
    - high-rise
    - highroad
    - high school
    - high-spirited
    - high spirits
    - high street
    - high-tech     4. adjective
    ((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.)
    - high treason
    - high water
    - highway
    - Highway Code
    - highwayman
    - high wire
    - high and dry
    - high and low
    - high and mighty
    - the high seas
    - it is high time

    English-Icelandic dictionary > high

  • 2 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.)
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.)
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.)
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright     4. adjective - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground     II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) dúnn
    - downy

    English-Icelandic dictionary > down

  • 3 ridge

    [ri‹]
    1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) kambur, ás, hryggur
    2) (a long narrow row of hills.) (fjalls)hryggur
    3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) hæðarhryggur
    4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) hryggur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > ridge

  • 4 basement

    ['beismənt]
    (the lowest floor of a building, usually below ground level: She lives in a basement; ( also adjective) a basement flat.) kjallari

    English-Icelandic dictionary > basement

  • 5 fall

    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falla, detta
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) detta um koll
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) lækka, falla
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) bera upp á
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) verða, lenda í tilteknu ástandi
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) koma í hlut (e-s)
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) fall, (snjó-/úr)koma
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) haust
    •
    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through

    English-Icelandic dictionary > fall

  • 6 landing

    1) ((an act of) coming or bringing to shore or to ground: an emergency landing; ( also adjective) a landing place.) lending, landtaka
    2) (a place for coming ashore.) lendingarstaður
    3) (the level part of a staircase between flights of steps: Her room was on the first floor, across the landing from mine.) stigapallur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > landing

  • 7 low

    I 1. [ləu] adjective
    1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) lágur
    2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) lágvær
    3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) djúpur
    4) (small: a low price.) lágur, lítill
    5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) veikur, lítill
    6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) lágur
    2. adverb
    (in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) lágt
    - lowly
    - lowliness
    - low-down
    - lowland
    - lowlander
    - lowlands
    - low-lying
    - low-tech     3. adjective
    low-tech industries/skills.)
    - be low on II [ləu] verb
    (to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) baula

    English-Icelandic dictionary > low

  • 8 pitch

    I 1. [pi ] verb
    1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) slá upp tjaldi
    2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) kasta
    3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) steypast, hrapa
    4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) höggva, taka dÿfur
    5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) stilla tónhæð
    2. noun
    1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) völlur
    2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tónhæð
    3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) stig
    4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) (sölu)staður
    5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) kast
    6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) dÿfa
    •
    - pitcher
    - pitched battle
    - pitchfork     II [pi ] noun
    (a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) bik, hrátjara
    - pitch-dark

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pitch

  • 9 road

    [rəud]
    1) (a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on: This road takes you past the school; ( also adjective) road safety.) vegur
    2) ((often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets: His address is 24 School Road.) -vegur, -gata
    3) (a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere: We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.) leið, vegur
    4) (a way that leads to something: the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.) leið
    •
    - road map
    - roadside
    - roadway
    - roadworks
    - roadworthy
    - roadworthiness
    - by road

    English-Icelandic dictionary > road

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  • Level — Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), a. 1. Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth s surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Level line — Level Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), a. 1. Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth s surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Level surface — Level Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), a. 1. Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth s surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ground — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b a part of this specified in some way (low ground). 2 the substance of the earth s surface; soil, earth (stony ground; dug deep into the ground). 3 a a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • level — levelly, adv. levelness, n. /lev euhl/, adj., n., v., leveled, leveling or (esp. Brit.) levelled, levelling, adv. adj. 1. having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface. 2. being in a plane parallel to the plane of the horizon; …   Universalium

  • level — /ˈlɛvəl / (say levuhl) adjective 1. having no part higher than another; having an even surface. 2. being in a plane parallel to the plane of the horizon; horizontal. 3. on an equality, as one thing with another, or two or more things with one… …  

  • Ground nozzle — A ground nozzle is a spray nozzle made for being installed at grade level (i.e. in the ground), usually in cement, crumb rubber, rubberized cement, or a similar nonslip surface, or under a grille or similar opening that is flush with ground level …   Wikipedia

  • level — [[t]le̱v(ə)l[/t]] ♦ levels, levelling, levelled (in AM, use leveling, leveled) 1) N COUNT: with supp A level is a point on a scale, for example a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. If you don t know your cholesterol level, it s a good idea… …   English dictionary

  • ground clearance — The vertical distance between level ground and the lowest fixed item on a vehicle (usually one of the differentials) …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • level# — level vb point, train, *direct, aim, lay level adj Level, flat, plane, plain, even, smooth, flush are comparable chiefly as applied to surfaces and as meaning having a surface comparable to that of a perfectly calm body of water with no part… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Ground-attack aircraft — An A 10 Thunderbolt II firing an AGM 65 Ground attack aircraft are military aircraft with primary role of attacking targets on the ground with greater precision than bombers and prepared to face stronger low level air defense …   Wikipedia

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