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1 lash
[læʃ] 1. noun1) (an eyelash: She looked at him through her thick lashes.) skropsta2) (a stroke with a whip etc: The sailor was given twenty lashes as a punishment.) (pletnes, pātagas) sitiens; cirtiens3) (a thin piece of rope or cord, especially of a whip: a whip with a long, thin lash.) pletne; (pātagas) aukla, siksna2. verb1) (to strike with a lash: He lashed the horse with his whip.) pātagot; sist (ar pletni)2) (to fasten with a rope or cord: All the equipment had to be lashed to the deck of the ship.) piestiprināt; piesiet3) (to make a sudden or restless movement (with) (a tail): The tiger crouched in the tall grass, its tail lashing from side to side.) (par asti) kulstīt; mētāt4) ((of rain) to come down very heavily.) (par lietu) gāzties•- lash out* * *pātaga, pletne, siksna; pletnes sitiens; šaustīšana, barga kritika; skropsta; sist pātagot; bargi kritizēt, šaustīt; piesiet, piestiprināt -
2 pencil
['pensl] 1. noun(a long, thin instrument (usually of wood) containing a thin stick of graphite or some similar solid substance for writing or drawing: This pencil needs sharpening / to be sharpened; He wrote in pencil; ( also adjective) a pencil sharpener.) zīmulis2. verb(to write or draw with a pencil: He pencilled an outline of the house.) zīmēt ar zīmuli* * *zīmulis; kūlis, stars; ota; rakstīt ar zīmuli; krāsot uzacis -
3 strand
I [strænd] II [strænd] noun(a thin thread, eg one of those twisted together to form rope, string, knitting-wool etc, or a long thin lock of hair: She pushed the strands of hair back from her face.) (matu) šķipsna; diegs; dzija* * *pludmale; šķipsna; krasts; stieple; dzīsla; diegs; virkne; līnija; vīt; uzskriet uz sēkļa; izmest krastā -
4 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) []durt; pārdurt2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) iedurties3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) pielīmēt; pielipt; salipt4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) iestrēgt; iestigt; iesprūst•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) žagars2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) svečturi3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stublājs; garš gabals; stienītis•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick* * *spieķis, nūja; žagars; zizlis; stienītis, gabals; rokturis; stulbenis; mēbeles; sērija; masts; liknis; iedurt; pielīmēt; pielipt; uzturēties, palikt; iestrēgt; izbāzt; nobāzt, iebāzt; paciest, izturēt; atbalstīt ar kociņu -
5 billiards
['biljə‹](a game played with long thin sticks (cues) and balls, on a table.) biljards* * *biljards -
6 fishing-rod
noun (a long thin flexible rod used with a fishing-line and hooks etc for catching fish.) makšķere; makšķerkāts* * *makšķerkāts -
7 golf-club
noun (the long thin stick used to hit the ball in golf: He bought a new set of golf-clubs.) golfa nūja* * *golfa nūja; golfa spēlētāju klubs -
8 Pole
I [pəul] noun1) (the north or south end of the Earth's axis: the North/South Pole.) pols2) (the points in the heavens opposite the Earth's North and South Poles, around which stars seem to turn.) pols3) (either of the opposite ends of a magnet: The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.) pols4) (either of the opposite terminals of an electric battery: the positive/negative pole.) pols•- polar- polar bear
- the pole star
- be poles apart II [pəul](a long, thin, rounded piece of wood, metal etc: a telegraph pole; a tent pole.) stabs; miets; kārts* * *poliete, polis; pols; kārts, miets, stabs; pretstats; masts; atbalstīt ar kārti, balstīt ar kārti, pielikt kārti; stumt ar kārti; lietot nūjas -
9 probe
[prəub] 1. noun1) (a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.) zonde2) (an investigation: a police probe into illegal activities.) izpēte; izmeklēšana2. verb1) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) []pētīt; iedziļināties2) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) zondēt; iztaustīt* * *zonde; zondēt; iedziļināties -
10 rapier
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11 rod
[rod](a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) makšķere* * *stienis, nūja; rīkste; scepteris, zizlis; makšķere; nūjiņa; revolveris; lata, kārts, stienis -
12 taper
['teipə] 1. noun(a long, thin type of candle.) tieva vaska svece2. verb((sometimes with off) to make or become narrower or slimmer at one end: The leaves taper (off) to a point.) kļūt smailam; sašaurināties- tapered- tapering* * *vaska svece; vāja gaisma; konusveida forma, konuss; atslābšana, mazināšanās; kļūt smailam; padarīt smailu; taisīt karjeru; konusveidīgs; garš un tievs -
13 tentacle
['tentəkl](a long, thin, flexible arm-like or horn-like part of an animal, used to feel, grasp etc: An octopus has eight tentacles.) tausteklis* * *tausteklis -
14 damselfly
noun (an insect with a long thin body found near water.) -
15 envelope
['envələup](a thin, flat wrapper or cover, especially for a letter: The letter arrived in a long envelope.) aploksne; apvalks* * *aploksne; apvalks -
16 flex
[fleks] 1. verb(to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) []liekt; izvingrināt; izlocīt2. noun((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) (elektrības) vads- flexible- flexibility
- flexitime* * *lokana aukla; izlocīt, izvingrināt -
17 needle
['ni:dl]1) (a small, sharp piece of steel with a hole (called an eye) at one end for thread, used in sewing etc: a sewing needle.) adata2) (any of various instruments of a long narrow pointed shape: a knitting needle; a hypodermic needle.) adata3) ((in a compass etc) a moving pointer.) adata; rādītājs4) (the thin, sharp-pointed leaf of a pine, fir etc.) skuja•- needlework* * *adata; skuja; smaile, virsotne; adāmadata; obelisks; adatveida kristāls; dūriens, adata; strādāt ar adatu; izspraukties cauri; iedzelt, kaitināt; musināt, kūdīt -
18 skinny
['skini](very thin: Most fat girls long to be skinny.) kaulains; vājš- skinny-dipping* * *izkāmējis, kārns -
19 spike
1) (a hard, thin, pointed object (of wood, metal etc): The fence had long spikes on top.) smaile; (jumta) dzegulis2) (a pointed piece of metal attached to the sole of a shoe etc to prevent slipping.) (sporta apava) nagla; radze; tapa•- spiked- spiky
- spikiness* * *smaile; nagla; vārpa; kaba; ķīlis; uzlikt smailes; iedzīt naglas; sadurt, caurdurt; sabojāt; pievienot alkoholu -
20 spindly
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