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1 wire
1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) žica2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) žica3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) brzojavna žica4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) telegram2. verb1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) potegniti električno napeljavo2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) brzojaviti3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) brzojaviti•- wireless- wiring
- high wire
- wire-netting* * *I [wáiə]1.nounžica; brzojavna žica; colloquially brzojavka; žična mreža, predmet iz žice; kabel; brzojavno omrežje; music struna, poetically godalo; plural žice pri lutkovnem gledališču, figuratively skrivne niti (zveze, vpliv); slang žepar, dolgoprstnežby wire — brzojavno, telegrafskolive wire — z električnim tokom nabita žica, figuratively močan značaj (duh)to be a live wire figuratively biti zelo dinamičento pull the wires — ravnati z lutkami na žici, figuratively imeti vse niti v svojih rokah, biti nevidni pobudnikto pull (the) wires for office — z zvezami si priskrbeti službo;2.adjectivežičen; narejen iz žicewire potentiometer electrical žični potenciometerII [wáiə]transitive verbopremiti (oskrbeti, zvezati, pričvrstiti, pritrditi) z žico; opremiti z instalacijami; nanizati (bisere) na žico; ograditi, omejiti, narediti mejo z žico; military zaščititi z bodečo žico; colloquially brzojaviti, telegrafirati, brzojavno obvestiti; hunting uloviti, ujeti z zanko iz žice; intransitive verb brzojaviti, telegrafiratito wire away ( —ali in) — slang z vnemo se lotiti dela -
2 tow
[təu] 1. verb(to pull (a ship, barge, car, trailer etc) by a rope, chain or cable: The tugboat towed the ship out of the harbour; The car broke down and had to be towed to the garage.) vleči z vrvjo2. noun((an) act of towing or process of being towed: Give us a tow!) vleka* * *I [tóu]1.nounvleka, vlečenje; vlečna ladja, šlep, tovorna ladja brez pogonskega strojato have in tow — vleči za seboj; figuratively imeti (koga) na vratu, na skrbito take in(to) tow — vleči, remorkirati; figuratively vzeti v zaščito, v svoje okrilje;2.transitive verbvleči z vrvjo vzdolž obale (čoln, barko); nautical vleči z vrvjo, remorkirati; vleči s seboj; biology vleči (vlečno mrežo) skozi vodo (da bi ujeli poskusne vzorce)II [tóu]nounhodnična preja; zadnje predivo, otre, tulje; zavojno platno
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