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pear-shaped

  • 1 pear-shaped

    adjective bumbierveida-
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    bumbierveidīgs

    English-Latvian dictionary > pear-shaped

  • 2 pear

    [peə]
    (a type of fruit of the apple family, round at the bottom and narrowing towards the stem or top: She's very fond of pears; ( also adjective) a pear tree.) bumbieris; bumbieru-
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    bumbieris; bumbiere, bumbierkoks

    English-Latvian dictionary > pear

  • 3 bulb

    1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) (tulpes u.tml.) sīpols
    2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) [] spuldze
    3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) termometra bumbiņa
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    sīpols; spuldze; kolba; bumbiņa; izliekums; burbulis, pūslītis; ābols; pietūkt

    English-Latvian dictionary > bulb

  • 4 avocado

    plural - avocados; noun
    ((also avocado pear) a kind of pear-shaped tropical fruit.) avokado
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    aligatorbumbiere, avokado; aligatorbumbieris, avokado

    English-Latvian dictionary > avocado

  • 5 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) piliens
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) pilīte
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pazemināšanās; krišanās
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) stāvs kritums
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (nejauši) nomest
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) []krist
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) atmest (paradumu, nodomu); pamest (draugu)
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) izlaist; izsēdināt (no transporta līdzekļa)
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) uzrakstīt zīmīti
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    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out
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    piliens; malks; auskars, kareklis; dražeja; krišanās, pazemināšanās; nomestais; sprauga; kukulis; pamests bērns; pilēt; krist; nokrist; pazemināties, kristies; nomest; iemest, izmest; izbeigt; atmest; pazemināt nodurt; izsēdināt; izlaist; nogāzt gar zemi, notriekt; nolaist valdziņu; priekšlaicīgi atnesties; izslēgt no; paspēlēt; atlaist

    English-Latvian dictionary > drop

  • 6 fig

    [fiɡ]
    (a type of soft pear-shaped fruit, often eaten dried.) vīģe
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    vīģe; vīģeskoks

    English-Latvian dictionary > fig

  • 7 guava

    (the yellow pear-shaped fruit of a type of tropical tree.)
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    gvajave

    English-Latvian dictionary > guava

См. также в других словарях:

  • Pear-shaped — is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a pear, i.e. tapering towards the top and rounded at the bottom.The oldest usage from the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) is the most literal, a 1731 reference in a… …   Wikipedia

  • pear-shaped — adj 1.) go pear shaped BrE informal if an activity or situation goes pear shaped, it goes wrong ▪ The whole thing went pear shaped. 2.) someone who is pear shaped has wide ↑hips and a fairly small chest …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pear-shaped — pear ,shaped adjective 1. ) curved in shape and smaller at the top 2. ) INFORMAL a pear shaped person is larger below the waist than above the waist go pear shaped BRITISH INFORMAL to become unsuccessful …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Pear-shaped — a. Of the form of a pear. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pear-shaped — [per′shāpt΄] adj. 1. shaped like a pear 2. full, clear, even, and resonant: said of sung tones …   English World dictionary

  • pear-shaped — pear′ shaped adj. 1) having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom 2) mad (of a vocal tone) clear, resonant, and without harshness; full bodied • Etymology: 1750–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • pear-shaped — 1) ADJ Something that is pear shaped has a shape like a pear. ...her pear shaped diamond earrings. 2) ADJ If someone, especially a woman, is pear shaped, they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body. 3) PHRASE: V… …   English dictionary

  • Pear shaped — If something has gone pear shaped it means it has become a disaster. It might be preparing a dinner party or arranging a meeting, any of these things can go completely pear shaped …   The American's guide to speaking British

  • pear-shaped — adj British awry, faulty, inadequate. This increas ingly common adult colloquialism is usually heard in the phrase to go pear shaped , presumably from the image of a balloon or football losing its spherical shape after puncturing. ► Things were… …   Contemporary slang

  • pear-shaped — Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear shaped. E.g. All our plans went pear shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • pear-shaped — UK / US adjective 1) informal a pear shaped person is larger below the waist than above the waist 2) curved in shape and smaller at the top • go pear shaped …   English dictionary

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