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life-form

  • 1 shape

    [ʃeip] 1. noun
    1) (the external form or outline of anything: People are all (of) different shapes and sizes; The house is built in the shape of a letter L.) lögun, form
    2) (an indistinct form: I saw a large shape in front of me in the darkness.) svipur, form
    3) (condition or state: You're in better physical shape than I am.) ástand, ásigkomulag
    2. verb
    1) (to make into a certain shape, to form or model: She shaped the dough into three separate loaves.) móta
    2) (to influence the nature of strongly: This event shaped his whole life.) móta
    3) ((sometimes with up) to develop: The team is shaping (up) well.) þróast, æxlast
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    - shapeless
    - shapelessness
    - shapely
    - shapeliness
    - in any shape or form
    - in any shape
    - out of shape
    - take shape

    English-Icelandic dictionary > shape

  • 2 curse

    [kə:s] 1. verb
    1) (to wish that evil may fall upon: I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him.) bölva, formæla
    2) (to use violent language; to swear: He cursed (at his own stupidity) when he dropped the hammer on his toe.) bölva, blóta
    2. noun
    1) (an act of cursing, or the words used: the witch's curse.) bölvun, formæling
    2) (a thing or person which is cursed: Having to work is the curse of my life.) bölvun, ólán
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > curse

  • 3 cycle

    I 1. verb
    (to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.)
    2. noun
    (shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.)
    II noun
    1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) hringur, lota; (lífs)skeið
    2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) flokkur
    3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.)
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    - cyclically

    English-Icelandic dictionary > cycle

  • 4 order

    ['o:də] 1. noun
    1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun
    2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun
    3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun
    4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla
    5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag
    6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð
    7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla
    8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun
    9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag
    10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag
    2. verb
    1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa
    2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta
    3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða
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    3. noun
    1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður
    2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður
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    - order-form
    - in order
    - in order that
    - in order
    - in order to
    - made to order
    - on order
    - order about
    - out of order
    - a tall order

    English-Icelandic dictionary > order

См. также в других словарях:

  • life-form — [līf′ôrm΄] n. a particular type of organism, often one that is unusual, alien, or newly discovered: often written life form * * * …   Universalium

  • life-form — [līf′ôrm΄] n. a particular type of organism, often one that is unusual, alien, or newly discovered: often written life form …   English World dictionary

  • life form — n a living thing such as a plant or animal ▪ life forms on other planets …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • life form — life forms N COUNT: with supp A life form is any living thing such as an animal or plant …   English dictionary

  • life form — life ,form noun count FORMAL a living thing, for example an animal or a plant …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • life form — ► NOUN ▪ any living thing …   English terms dictionary

  • life form — noun the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism • Hypernyms: ↑body, ↑organic structure, ↑physical structure * * * life form UK US noun [countable] [singular life form …   Useful english dictionary

  • life form — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms life form : singular life form plural life forms formal a living thing, for example an animal or a plant …   English dictionary

  • life-form — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the body form characterizing a kind of organism (as a species) at maturity trees are commonly the dominant life form in moist cool areas …   Useful english dictionary

  • life, form of — Term associated with the later work of Wittgenstein . A form of life is what two groups need to share if their languages can be mutually comprehensible …   Philosophy dictionary

  • life-form — noun Date: 1861 the body form that characterizes a kind of organism (as a species) at maturity; also a kind of organism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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