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1 lorry
['lori]((American truck) a motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads: He has a licence to drive a lorry; a coal-lorry.) vörubifreið -
2 lorry-driver
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3 load
[ləud] 1. noun1) (something which is being carried: The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.) byrði; hlass2) (as much as can be carried at one time: two lorry-loads of earth.) hlass3) (a large amount: He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream.) fullt af4) (the power carried by an electric circuit: The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps.) álag2. verb1) (to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy): They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived.) hlaða, ferma2) (to put ammunition into (a gun): He loaded the revolver and fired.) hlaða3) (to put film into (a camera).) hlaða, setja filmu í•- loaded -
4 container
1) (something made to contain things: He brought his lunch in a plastic container.) ílát2) (a very large sealed metal box for carrying goods on a lorry, ship etc: The ship carried twenty containers; ( also adjective) a container ship, a container lorry.) gámur -
5 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) ræna flugvél2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) ræna3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) ræna2. noun(the act of hijacking.) (flug)rán- hijacker -
6 jack-knife
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7 by road
(in a lorry, car etc: We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.) með bíl/ökutæki -
8 cab
[kæb]1) ((especially American) a taxi: Could you call a cab for me?) leigubíll2) (the driver's compartment of a railway engine, lorry etc.) stjórnklefi -
9 catch up
(to come level (with): We caught him up at the corner; Ask the taxi-driver if he can catch up with that lorry; We waited for him to catch up; She had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on after her illness.) ná, vinna upp -
10 clearance
1) (the act of clearing or removing: The clearance of these trees from the front of the window will give you more light.) hreinsun2) (the empty space between two objects: You can drive the lorry under the bridge - there's a clearance of half a metre.) bil3) ((a certificate) giving permission for something to be done.) leyfi -
11 collide
(to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force: The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry.) rekast á -
12 headlight
noun (a powerful light at or on the front of a car, lorry, train, ship, aeroplane etc: As it was getting dark, the driver switched on his headlights.) framljós -
13 long-distance
adjective long-distance races; a long-distance lorry-driver; a long-distance telephone call.) lang- -
14 longways
adverb (in the direction of the length: The planks had to go into the lorry longways.) á lengdina; langsum -
15 motor car
(a vehicle on four wheels, moved by a motor, but not a lorry or van; an automobile, car.) bifreið -
16 obstruct
1) (to block or close: The road was obstructed by a fallen tree.) teppa, tálma2) (to stop (something) moving past or making progress: The crashed lorry obstructed the traffic.) hindra•- obstructive -
17 overload
[əuvə'loud](to fill with too much of something: The lorry overturned because it had been overloaded.) ofhlaða -
18 pick-up
1) (a type of small lorry or van.) pallbíll2) (the part of a record-player that holds the stylus.) hljóðdós -
19 pile-up
noun (an accident or crash involving usually several vehicles: There has been a serious pile-up on the motorway, involving three cars and a lorry.) margfaldur árekstur -
20 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plógur2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) plægja2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) sigla áfram með erfiðismunum; plægja (í gegnum)3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) klessa
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lorry — lorry … Dictionnaire des rimes
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lorry — [lôr′ē] n. pl. lorries [prob. < dial. lurry, lorry, to tug, pull] 1. a low, flat wagon without sides 2. any of various trucks fitted to run on rails 3. Brit. a motor truck … English World dictionary
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