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1 pille
pile, pill, pillar, tamper* * *I. (en -r)( støtte) pillar, column;( bropille) pier;(med.) pill;(fig) a bitter pill.II. vb pick ( fx the meat from the bone; pick one's toes);(tage skal etc af) peel ( fx an orange, potatoes), shell ( fx peas, shrimps, an egg);( tage stilk af) stem ( fx red currants);( plukke fjer af) pluck;( røre ved ting man ikke må) fiddle;[ ikke pille!] don't touch! hands off! keep your fingers off![ pille næse, pille sig i næsen] pick one's nose;[ fuglen pillede sig] the bird preened itself (el. its feathers);[ pille stikkelsbær] top and tail gooseberries;[ med præp & adv:][ pille af](dvs forsvinde) T buzz off, clear out, hop it;[ pille noget af] pick (, peel) something off;[ pille fra hinanden] take ( fx a toy) apart,(fig) take ( fx his arguments) to pieces,(om argumenter etc også) pick holes in,( fuldstændigt) demolish ( fx his arguments, the plan);[ gå og pille med noget] potter about something; busy oneself with something;[ pille ned]( skyde) pick off, bring down;[ pille en ned](fig) take somebody down a peg,( helt ned) cut somebody down to size;(se også piedestal);[ pille op](dvs samle op) pick up,( knude, strikning etc) undo,( om strikning også) unravel;[ pille ud](dvs fjerne) take out, remove,( udvælge) choose, pick out;[ de nykker skal vi snart få pillet ud af ham] we'll soon cure him of that nonsense;[ pille ved] fiddle with, toy with, finger,( nervøst) fidget with,( for at forbedre, reparere) fiddle with ( fx new translators fiddling with the text of the Bible; he fiddled with the engine and got it going),( ødelægge, bringe uorden i) tamper with ( fx a machine, the lock, one's papers, their rights), meddle with;( drage i tvivl) question ( fx his right),( antaste) tamper with ( fx their rights),( kritisere) pick holes in ( fx his arguments, the plan). -
2 skrælle
peel, shell* * *vb peel,F pare;[ skrælle af] peel off, remove;( flå af) rip off;[ skrællet for](fig) stripped of.
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shell — less, adj. shell like, adj. /shel/, n. 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. 2. any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or… … Universalium
shell — [shel] n. [ME schelle < OE sciel, akin to MDu schelle < IE base * (s)kel : see SHELF] 1. a hard outer covering, as of a turtle, mollusk, insect, egg, fruit, seed, etc. 2. something like or suggestive of a shell in being hollow, empty, or… … English World dictionary
shell — ► NOUN 1) the hard protective outer case of an animal such as a snail, shellfish, or turtle. 2) the outer covering of an egg, nut kernel, or seed. 3) an explosive artillery projectile or bomb. 4) a hollow metal or paper case used as a container… … English terms dictionary
shell-less — shell ► NOUN 1) the hard protective outer case of an animal such as a snail, shellfish, or turtle. 2) the outer covering of an egg, nut kernel, or seed. 3) an explosive artillery projectile or bomb. 4) a hollow metal or paper case used as a… … English terms dictionary
shell-like — shell ► NOUN 1) the hard protective outer case of an animal such as a snail, shellfish, or turtle. 2) the outer covering of an egg, nut kernel, or seed. 3) an explosive artillery projectile or bomb. 4) a hollow metal or paper case used as a… … English terms dictionary
shell an egg — remove the shell of an egg, peel an egg … English contemporary dictionary
shell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on eggs/nuts/some animals ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick ▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Shell to Sea — Members of An Garda Síochána and Shell To Sea campaigners scuffle over ownership of a road (June 2007) Shell to Sea (in Irish, Shell chun Sáile) is a campaign based in Cill Chomáin parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland which opposes the proposed… … Wikipedia
Shell game — For other uses, see Shell game (disambiguation). An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on Fulton Street in New York City The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling… … Wikipedia
shell — n. & v. n. 1 a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard but fragile outer covering of a bird s, reptile s, etc. egg. c the usu. hard outer case of a nut kernel, seed, etc. d the carapace of a tortoise, turtle,… … Useful english dictionary
shell — ʃel n. hard outer covering of certain organisms; hard outer covering; hollow tube containing explosives; reserved attitude which conceals one s inner self; software which provides a convenient user interface for the operating system (Computers)… … English contemporary dictionary
