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sharp descent

  • 1 bajada escarpada

    • sharp descent
    • sharp incline

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bajada escarpada

  • 2 крутой спуск

    1) General subject: chute the chute, chute-the-chute (на санях, коврике), rapid descent
    2) Naval: hard lay, short lay
    3) American: chute-the-chute (на санях, коврике и т.п.)
    4) Military: sharp decline
    5) Engineering: steep
    6) Automobile industry: high grade, steep descent

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > крутой спуск

  • 3 крутой скат

    1) General subject: chut, chute, sharp slope
    3) Engineering: steep pitch (крыши)
    4) Automobile industry: bank, sharp incline
    5) Makarov: sharp descent

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > крутой скат

  • 4 picada

    f.
    1 bite.
    2 peck, sting, bite.
    3 nose dive.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: picar.
    * * *
    2 (de pez) bite
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) [de abeja, avispa] sting; [de serpiente, mosquito] bite; [de ave] peck
    2) Cono Sur (=mal humor) bad temper, anger
    3)

    ir en picada — LAm (lit) to nose-dive; (fig) to plummet, take a nose-dive

    4) (Culin) (=salsa picante) spicy sauce; Cono Sur (=tapas) snacks pl
    II
    SF
    1) LAm (=senda) forest trail, narrow path
    2) And (=vado) ford
    III
    SF Cono Sur small restaurant
    * * *

    caer or descender en picada — avión to nose-dive pájaro to plunge, to dive acciones/valores to plummet

    2)
    a) (AmL) ( aperitivo) nibbles (pl)
    b) (Arg) ( senda) path, trail
    c) (Chi fam) ( lugar) cheap restaurant ( with its own specialty)
    3) (RPl) (Auto) car race
    * * *
    ----
    * descender en picada = swoop.
    * * *

    caer or descender en picada — avión to nose-dive pájaro to plunge, to dive acciones/valores to plummet

    2)
    a) (AmL) ( aperitivo) nibbles (pl)
    b) (Arg) ( senda) path, trail
    c) (Chi fam) ( lugar) cheap restaurant ( with its own specialty)
    3) (RPl) (Auto) car race
    * * *
    * descender en picada = swoop.
    * * *
    A (de mosquito, serpiente) bite; (de abeja) sting
    B ( AmL) (descenso) picado2 m B. (↑ picado (2))
    C
    1 ( AmL) (aperitivo) nibbles (pl)
    2 ( Arg) (senda) path, trail
    3 ( Chi fam) (lugar) cheap bar/restaurant
    D ( RPl) ( Auto) car race
    * * *

    picada sustantivo femenino
    1 (AmL) ( descenso pronunciado):


    [ pájaro] to plunge, to dive;
    [acciones/valores] to plummet
    2 (AmL) ( aperitivo) nibbles (pl)
    picado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (ajo, cebolla, etc) chopped
    2 (carne) minced
    3 (fruta) bad
    manzana picada, rotten apple
    4 (vino) sour
    5 (diente) decayed
    un diente picado, a bad tooth
    6 (mar) choppy
    7 fam (ofendido, enojado) offended, put out: está picado conmigo, he's in a huff with me
    II m (de avión, ave) dive
    caer en picado, to nose-dive, plummet
    ' picada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    muela
    - picado
    - carne
    - picar
    English:
    brawn
    - mince
    - mincemeat
    - peeved
    - dip
    - dive
    - ground
    - nose
    - plummet
    - plunge
    - steep
    - swoop
    * * *
    picada nf
    1. RP [tapas] appetizers, snacks
    2. RP Fam [carrera] car race [in street]
    3. RP Br mince, US ground beef
    4. Am [de avión] nose dive;
    caer en picada: el avión cayó en picada the plane nose-dived;
    la caída en picada del PIB the sharp drop in GDP
    * * *
    f
    1 de serpiente bite; de abeja sting
    2 L.Am.
    para comer snacks pl, nibbles pl
    3 Rpl ( camino) path
    * * *
    picada nf
    1) : bite, sting (of an insect)
    2) : sharp descent

    Spanish-English dictionary > picada

  • 5 bajada escarpada

    f.
    drop-off, sharp descent, sharp incline.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajada escarpada

  • 6 descenso

    m.
    1 descent.
    2 drop.
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3 downhill.
    4 relegation.
    5 demotion.
    6 descensus.
    * * *
    1 (acción) descent, lowering
    2 (de temperatura) drop, fall
    3 figurado (declive) decline, fall
    4 DEPORTE (de división) relegation; (en esquí) downhill race
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) drop, fall
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, drop

    un descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production

    un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils

    descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature

    2) [de un lugar a otro] descent

    la prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation
    4) (=pendiente) slope
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
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    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fall
    el descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirs
    ha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oil
    el descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
    iniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutes
    la carrera or prueba de descenso the downhill
    B ( Dep) relegation
    * * *

     

    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop;

    ( de precios) fall

    2 (Dep) relegation
    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
    2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
    3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
    ' descenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajada
    - bajón
    - abrupto
    - agudo
    - brusco
    - caída
    - notorio
    - picada
    English:
    comedown
    - descent
    - dip
    - downhill
    - downturn
    - drop
    - fall
    - swoop
    - anticlimax
    - couple
    - decline
    - decrease
    - demotion
    - dive
    * * *
    1. [de una altura] descent;
    los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;
    sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way down
    descenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;
    2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;
    el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;
    la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3. [prueba de esquí] downhill
    4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;
    estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone
    * * *
    m
    1 de precio etc drop; de montaña, AVIA descent;
    la prueba de descenso en esquí the downhill (race o competition)
    2 DEP relegation
    * * *
    1) : descent
    2) baja, caída: drop, fall
    * * *
    1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall
    2. (bajada) descent

    Spanish-English dictionary > descenso

  • 7 subida

    f.
    1 hill (cuesta).
    2 ascent, climb.
    3 increase, rise (aumento).
    se espera una subida de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise
    subida de precios price increase
    4 pick-up, recovery in prices.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: subir.
    * * *
    1 (ascenso) ascent, climb
    2 (pendiente) slope, hill
    3 (automovilismo) hill climb
    4 figurado (aumento - gen) increase; (- de temperatura) rise; (- de precios, salario) rise, increase
    5 argot (drogas) high
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) rise
    2) ascent, climb
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ascensión) [de montaña, cuesta] ascent
    2) (=pendiente) slope, hill
    3) (=aumento) rise, increase

    subida salarial — pay rise, wage increase

    4) * [de drogas] high *
    * * *
    a) ( pendiente) rise, climb
    b) ( a montaña) ascent, climb; ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase
    * * *
    = climb, flow, rise, rise, upturn, climb up, raise, upward spiral, upswing, escalation, spiral, hike, ascent, mark-up [markup].
    Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex. Consideration must be given to vertical rises (from floor to floor), wiring compartment (don't underestimate need), horizontal cable distribution, and ducting systems.
    Ex. The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex. Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex. The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. Such a formula would seek to contain the escalation in serial prices.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. The double-digit tuition hikes of recent years have slowed, though tuition is still rising faster than the inflation rate.
    Ex. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * experimentar una subida = experience + rise.
    * subida acusada = sharp rise.
    * subida al poder = seizure of power.
    * subida de las tasas = rate increase.
    * subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.
    * subida de precios = price rise, rising costs, price increase, increased price, price hike, price hike.
    * subida de temperatura = heat gain.
    * subida espectacular = steep rise.
    * subida salarial = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise.
    * subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.
    * subidas y bajadas = highs and lows.
    * subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * * *
    a) ( pendiente) rise, climb
    b) ( a montaña) ascent, climb; ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase
    * * *
    = climb, flow, rise, rise, upturn, climb up, raise, upward spiral, upswing, escalation, spiral, hike, ascent, mark-up [markup].

    Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex: Consideration must be given to vertical rises (from floor to floor), wiring compartment (don't underestimate need), horizontal cable distribution, and ducting systems.
    Ex: The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex: Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex: The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: Such a formula would seek to contain the escalation in serial prices.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: The double-digit tuition hikes of recent years have slowed, though tuition is still rising faster than the inflation rate.
    Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * experimentar una subida = experience + rise.
    * subida acusada = sharp rise.
    * subida al poder = seizure of power.
    * subida de las tasas = rate increase.
    * subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.
    * subida de precios = price rise, rising costs, price increase, increased price, price hike, price hike.
    * subida de temperatura = heat gain.
    * subida espectacular = steep rise.
    * subida salarial = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise.
    * subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.
    * subidas y bajadas = highs and lows.
    * subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

    * * *
    A
    1 (pendiente) rise, climb
    ir de or ( AmL) en subida to go uphill
    2 (a una montaña) ascent, climb; (al trono) ascent; (al poder) rise
    la subida fue más dura que la bajada the ascent was harder than the descent o going up was harder than coming down
    3 (de precios, salarios) rise, increase; (de temperatura) rise, increase
    se registró una fuerte subida del yen there was a sharp rise in the value of the yen, the yen rose sharply o substantially
    la subida del río supuso un peligro the river rose to a dangerous level
    B ( Inf) upload
    * * *

    subida sustantivo femenino


    ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase

    subido,-a adj fam (intenso) un rojo subido, a deep red
    ♦ Locuciones: una conversación subida de tono, a risqué conversation
    subida sustantivo femenino
    1 (incremento de precios, temperatura, etc) rise, increase
    2 (cuesta, pendiente) slope, hill
    3 (a una montaña) ascent
    ' subida' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ascenso
    - negociar
    - protesta
    - protestar
    - subido
    - brusco
    - crecida
    - escalada
    - trabajoso
    English:
    ascent
    - climb
    - demand
    - escalation
    - gazumping
    - increase
    - jump
    - pay increase
    - rise
    - scramble
    - way
    - hike
    - raise
    - soar
    - up
    * * *
    subida nf
    1. [cuesta] hill
    2. [ascensión] ascent, climb;
    el tenista australiano se impuso en sus subidas a la red the Australian player showed his superiority when he came to the net
    3. [aumento] increase, rise;
    se espera una subida de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise
    subida de sueldo Br pay rise, US pay raise
    4. Comp
    RP Fam
    una subida al carro an attempt to jump on the bandwagon
    * * *
    f rise, ascent;
    subida de los precios rise in prices
    * * *
    subida nf
    1) : ascent, climb
    2) : rise, increase
    3) : slope, hill
    ir de subida: to go uphill
    * * *
    1. (aumento) rise
    2. (ascenso) ascent / climb
    3. (cuesta) hill / slope

    Spanish-English dictionary > subida

  • 8 caída

    f.
    1 fall, collapse, downfall, downturn.
    2 wipe-out.
    3 prolapse, ptosis, drooping, lapsus.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: caer.
    * * *
    1 (acción de caer) fall, falling
    2 (pérdida) loss
    3 (de precios, temperatura) fall, drop
    5 (del sol) setting
    6 (de tejidos) body, hang
    7 COSTURA (ancho) width; (largo) length
    8 figurado downfall, fall
    \
    caída de ojos demure look
    caída libre free fall
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) fall
    2) drop
    4) loss
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=accidente) fall; [de caballo] fall, tumble

    • sufrir una caída — to have a fall, take a tumble

    durante un campeonato regional, sufrió una grave caída del caballo — during a regional championship, he had a bad fall o tumble off his horse

    caída de cabeza, sufrir una caída de cabeza — to fall headfirst, take a header *

    2) [de gobierno, imperio] fall, collapse; [de un gobernante] downfall

    la caída del Muro de Berlín — the collapse o fall of the Berlin Wall

    3) (=pérdida) [de cabello, dientes] loss
    4) (Dep)

    caída al vacío, caída libre — free fall

    5) (=descenso) [de precios, ventas] fall, drop; [de divisa] fall

    la espectacular caída de precios afectó con gran dureza a numerosas economías — many economies were hard hit by the dramatic fall o drop in prices

    caída de tensión — (Med) drop in blood pressure; (Elec) drop in voltage

    • caída en picado — sharp fall

    6)

    • a la caída del sol o de la tarde — at sunset

    7) (=desprendimiento) fall
    8) (=inclinación) [de terreno] slope; [brusco] drop
    9) [de tela, ropa] hang

    caída de ojos, tenía una caída de ojos entre coqueta y malvada — the way she lowered her eyes was somewhere between coquettish and wicked

    10) (Rel)
    11)
    12) pl caídas
    a) * (=golpes) witty remarks

    ¡qué caídas tiene! — isn't he witty?

    b) (=lana) low-grade wool sing
    * * *
    1) ( accidente) fall

    sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

    3) (de tela, falda)
    4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

    la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

    5) ( descenso) fall, drop
    6)

    a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

    7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop
    * * *
    = drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex. Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.
    Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.
    ----
    * a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.
    * a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.
    * amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.
    * caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.
    * caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.
    * caída de la tarde = sundown.
    * caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.
    * caída de los precios = falling prices.
    * caída del sistema = system crash.
    * caída de pelo = hair loss.
    * caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.
    * caída libre = free fall.
    * en caída = flowing.
    * * *
    1) ( accidente) fall

    sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

    3) (de tela, falda)
    4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

    la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

    5) ( descenso) fall, drop
    6)

    a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

    7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop
    * * *
    = drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex: Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.
    Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.
    * a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.
    * a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.
    * amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.
    * caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.
    * caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.
    * caída de la tarde = sundown.
    * caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.
    * caída de los precios = falling prices.
    * caída del sistema = system crash.
    * caída de pelo = hair loss.
    * caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.
    * caída libre = free fall.
    * en caída = flowing.

    * * *
    sufrir una caída «persona» to have a fall
    ha sufrido varias caídas y no se ha roto it's fallen on the floor/it's been dropped several times without breaking
    fue una mala caída it was a nasty fall, he took a nasty tumble ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    hacerle una caída de ojos a algn to flutter one's eyelids at sb
    free fall
    B
    (del cabello): un tratamiento contra la caída del cabello a treatment to prevent hair loss
    C
    (de una tela, falda): para esta falda se necesita una tela con más caída you need a heavier material for this skirt
    tiene muy buena caída it hangs very well
    D
    la caída del Imperio Romano the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire
    2
    la Caída ( Bib) the Fall
    E (descenso) fall, drop
    la caída del dólar/del precio del petróleo the fall in the dollar/in the price of oil
    se ha producido una caída de las exportaciones/la demanda there has been a fall o drop in exports/demand
    la caída de la temperatura the drop in temperature
    una caída de voltaje or tensión a drop in voltage
    Compuesto:
    waterfall
    F
    a la caída del sol or de la tarde at sunset, at dusk
    G
    2 (de un techo) slope, pitch; (de una superficie) slope, drop
    H ( Náut) (de un palo, mástil) rake
    * * *

     

    caída sustantivo femenino
    1 ( en general) fall;

    caída libre free fall;
    la caída del gobierno the fall of the government;
    la caída del cabello hair loss
    2 (de tela, falda):

    tiene buena caída it hangs well
    3 ( descenso) caída de algo ‹del dólar/de los precios/de la demanda› fall in sth;
    ‹de temperatura/voltaje› drop in sth;

    caído,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 fallen: había varios troncos caídos en la carretera, there were tree trunks on the road
    2 (en defensa de una causa) los soldados caídos en el desembarco de Normandía, the soldiers who fell in during the Normandy landings
    3 (parte del cuerpo) Pedro es caído de hombros, Pedro has drooping shoulders
    II mpl Mil los caídos, the fallen
    caída sustantivo femenino
    1 fall
    la caída del muro de Berlín, the fall of the Berlin wall
    2 (del pelo, los dientes) loss
    3 (de los precios) drop
    4 (de un tejido) es una tela con poca caída, it's a fabric that hangs badly
    5 Pol downfall, collapse
    6 (salto de agua) waterfall, cascade
    ' caída' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capa
    - convalecer
    - escalabrarse
    - patinazo
    - precipitarse
    - aparatoso
    - malo
    - pique
    - revolcón
    English:
    break
    - collapse
    - cushion
    - downfall
    - drape
    - fall
    - free fall
    - inflamed
    - rise
    - sheer
    - sky-dive
    - sky-diver
    - tumble
    - descent
    - dip
    - doldrums
    - down
    - drop
    - sky
    - slump
    - sun
    - wind
    * * *
    caída nf
    1. [de persona] fall;
    sufrir una caída to have a fall;
    se rompió la cadera por una mala caída he fell badly and broke his hip
    2. [de hojas, lluvia, nieve] fall;
    [de diente, pelo] loss;
    en la época de la caída de la hoja when the leaves fall off the trees;
    RP Fam
    ser la caída de la estantería to be out of this world
    caída de agua waterfall;
    caída libre free fall;
    caída de ojos: [m5] tiene una atractiva caída de ojos she has an attractive way of lowering her eyelashes;
    caída en picado [de avión] crash dive
    3. [de imperio, ciudad, dictador] fall;
    la caída del Imperio Romano the fall of the Roman Empire;
    la caída del muro (de Berlín) the fall of the Berlin Wall
    4. [de paro, precios] drop (de in);
    se espera una caída de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to drop;
    se ha registrado una caída del desempleo there has been a fall in unemployment, unemployment has gone down
    caída en picado [de la economía] free fall; [de precios] nose-dive;
    caída de tensión voltage drop
    5. [de sol]
    6. [de terreno] drop (de in);
    7. [de tela, vestido] drape
    8. Fam Informát [de red] crash
    9. Náut [de velas] drop, hoist
    10. [en golf] break
    * * *
    f fall;
    caída del gobierno fall of the government;
    caída del pelo hair loss
    * * *
    caída nf
    1) baja, descenso: fall, drop
    2) : collapse, downfall
    * * *
    caída n fall

    Spanish-English dictionary > caída

  • 9 महा _mahā

    1
    महा A cow.
    2
    महा The substitute of महत् at the beginning of Karmadhāraya and Bahuvrīhi compounds, and also at the beginning of some other irregular words. (Note: The number of compounds of which महा is the first mem- ber is very large, and may be multiplied ad infinitum. The more important of them, or such as have peculiar significations, are given below.)
    -Comp. -अक्षः an epithet of Śiva. ˚पटलिक a chief keeper of archives.
    -अङ्ग a. huge, bulky.
    -(ङ्गः) 1 a camel.
    -2 a kind of rat.
    -3 N. of Śiva.
    -अञ्जनः N. of a mountain.
    -अत्ययः a great danger or calamity.
    -अध्वनिक a. 'having gone a long way', dead.
    -अध्वरः a great sacrifice.
    -अनसम् 1 a heavy carriage.
    -2 cooking utensils. (
    -सी) a kitchen-maid. (
    -सः, -सम्) a kitchen; सूपानस्य करिष्यामि कुशलो$स्मि महानसे Mb.4.2.2.
    -अनिलः a whirl- wind; महानिलेनेव निदाघजं रजः Ki.14.59.
    -अनुभाव a.
    1 of great prowess, dignified, noble, glorious, magnanimous, exalted, illustrious; ग्रहीतुमार्यान् परिचर्यया मुहुर्महानु- भावा हि नितान्तमर्थिनः Śi.1.17; Ś.3.
    -2 virtuous, righteous, just.
    (-वः) 1 a worthy or respectable person.
    -2 (pl.) people of a religious sect in Mahārāṣtra founded by Chakradhara in the 13th century.
    -अन्तकः 1 death.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -अन्धकारः 1 thick darkness.
    -2 gross (spiritual) ignorance.
    -अन्ध्राः (pl.) N. of a people and their country.
    -अन्वय, -अभिजन a. nobly-born, of noble birth. (
    -यः, -नः) noble birth, high descent.
    -अभिषवः the great extraction of Soma.
    -अमात्यः the chief or prime minister (of a king).
    -अम्बुकः an epithet of Śiva.
    -अम्बुजम् a billion.
    -अम्ल a. very sour. (
    -म्लम्) the fruit of the tamarind tree. अरण्यम् a great (dreary) forest, large forest.
    -अर्घ a. very costly, costing a high price; महार्घस्तीर्थानामिव हि महतां को$प्यतिशयः U.6.11. (
    -र्घः) a kind of quail.
    -अर्घ्य a.
    1 valuable, precious.
    -2 invaluable; ines- timable; see महार्ह below.
    -अर्चिस् a. flaming high.
    -अर्णवः 1 the great ocean.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -अर्थ a.
    1 rich.
    -2 great, noble, dignified.
    -3 important, weighty.
    -4 significant.
    -अर्बुदम् one thousand millions.
    -अर्ह a.
    1 very valuable, very costly; महार्हशय्यापरिवर्तनच्युतैः स्वकेशपुष्पैरपि या स्म दूयते Ku.5.12.
    -2 invaluable, inestimable; महार्हशयनोपेत किं शेषे निहतो भुवि Rām.6.19. 2. (
    -र्हम्) white sandal-wood.
    -अवरोहः the fig-tree.
    -अशनिध्वजः a great banner in the form of the thunderbolt; जहार चान्येन मयूरपत्रिणा शरेण शक्रस्य महाशनि- ध्वजम् R.3.56.
    - अशन a. voracious, gluttonous; Mb. 4.
    -अश्मन् m. a precious stone, ruby.
    -अष्टमी the eighth day in the bright half of Āśvina sacred to Durgā; आश्विने शुक्लपक्षस्य भवेद् या तिथिरष्टमी । महाष्टमीति सा प्रोक्ता......
    -असिः a large sword.
    -असुरी N. of Durgā.
    -अह्नः the afternoon.
    -आकार a. extensive, large, great.
    -आचार्यः 1 a great teacher.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -आढ्य a. wealthy, very rich. (
    -ढ्यः) the Kadamba tree.
    -आत्मन् a.
    1 high-souled, high-minded, magnanimous, noble; अयं दुरात्मा अथवा महात्मा कौटिल्यः Mu.7; द्विषन्ति मन्दाश्चरितं महात्मनाम् Ku.5.75; U.1.49; प्रकृतिसिद्धमिदं हि महात्मनाम् Bh.1.63.
    -2 illustrious, distinguished, exalted, eminent; किमाचाराः किमाहाराः क्व च वासो महात्मनाम् Mb.3. 1.4.
    -3 mighty (महाबल); अथायमस्यां कृतवान् महात्मा लङ्केश्वरः कष्टमनार्यकर्म Rām.5.9.74. (-m.)
    1 the Supreme Spirit; युगपत्तु प्रलीयन्ते यदा तस्मिन् महात्मनि Ms.1.54.
    -2 the great principle, i. e. intellect of the Sāṅkhyas. (महात्मवत् means the same as महात्मन्).
    -आनकः a kind of large drum.
    -आनन्दः, -नन्दः 1 great joy or bliss.
    -2 espe- cially, the great bliss of final beatitude.
    (-न्दा) 1 spirituous liquor.
    -2 a festival on the ninth day in the bright half of Māgha.
    -आपगा a great river.
    -आयुधः an epithet of Śiva.
    -आरम्भ a. undertaking great works, enterprizing. (
    -म्भः) any great enterprize.
    -आलयः 1 a temple in general.
    -2 a sanctuary, an asylum.
    -3 a great dwelling.
    -4 a place of pilgrimage.
    -5 the world of Brahman.
    -6 the Supreme Spirit.
    -7 a tree &c. sacred to a deity.
    -8 N. of a particular dark fortnight.
    -9 पितृश्राद्ध in the month of Bhādra- pada. (
    -या) N. of a particular deity.
    - आशय a. high- souled, nobleminded, magnanimous, noble; दैवात् प्रबुद्धः शुश्राव वराहो हि महाशयः Ks; राजा हिरण्यगर्भो महाशयः H.4; see महात्मन्.
    (-यः) 1 a noble-minded or magnanimous person; महाशयचक्रवर्ती Bv.1.7.
    -2 the ocean.
    -आस्पद a.
    1 occupying a great position.
    -2 mighty, powerful.
    -आहवः a great or tumultuous fight.
    -इच्छ a.
    1 magnanimous, noble-minded, high-souled, noble; मही महेच्छः परिकीर्य सूनौ R.18.33.
    -2 having lofty aims or aspirations, ambitious; विद्यावतां महेच्छानां...... नाश्रयः पार्थिवं विना Pt.1.37.
    -इन्द्रः 1 'the great Indra', N. of Indra; इयं महेन्द्रप्रभृतीनधिश्रियः Ku.5.53; R.13.2; Ms.7.7.
    -2 a chief or leader in general.
    -3 N. of a mountain range; पतिर्महेन्द्रस्य महोदधेश्च R.6.54;4.39,43. ˚चापः rain-bow. ˚नगरी N. of Amarāvatī, the capital of Indra. ˚मन्त्रिन् m. an epithet of Bṛihaspati. ˚वाहः the elephant Airāvata; महेन्द्रवाहप्रतिमो महात्मा Mb.9.17.52.
    -इभ्य a. very rich.
    -इषुः a great archer; अधिरोहति गाण्डीवं महेषौ Ki.13.16.
    -इष्वासः a great archer, a great warrior; अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भामार्जुनसमा युधि Bg.1.4.
    -ईशः, -ईशानः N. of Śiva; महेशस्त्वां धत्ते शिरसि रसराजस्य जयिनीम् Udb. ˚बन्धुः the Bilva tree.
    -ईशानी N. of Pārvatī.
    -ईश्वरः 1 a great lord, sovereign; महेश्वरस्त्र्यम्बक एव नापरः R.; गोप्तारं न निधीनां कथयन्ति महेश्वरं विबुधाः Pt.2.74.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -3 of Viṣṇu.
    -4 a god (opp. प्रकृति).
    -5 the Supreme Being (परमात्मा); मायां तु प्रकृतिं विद्यान्मायिनं तु महेश्वरम् Śvet. Up.4.1. ˚सखः N. of Kubera; यया कैलासभवने महेश्वरसखं बली Mb.9.11.55.
    (-री) 1 N. of Durgā.
    -2 a kind of bell-metal.
    -उक्षः (for उक्षन्) a large bull; a full grown or strong bull; महोक्षतां वत्सतरः स्पृशन्निव R.3.32;4.22;6.72; Śi.5.63.
    -उत्पलम् a large blue lotus. (
    -लः) the Sārasa bird.
    -उत्सवः 1 a great festival or occasion of joy; नयनविषयं जन्मन्येकः स एव महोत्सवः Māl.1.36.
    -2 the god of love.
    -उत्साह a. possessed of great energy, energetic, persevering; अहं च कर्णं जानामि...... सत्यसंधं महोत्साहं...... Mb.3.91.2.
    (-हः) 1 perseverance.
    -2 great pride; ये जात्यादिमहो- त्साहान्नरेन्द्रान्नोपयान्ति च । तेषामामरणं भिक्षा प्रायश्चितं विनिर्मितम् ॥ Pt.1.38.
    -उदधिः 1 the great ocean; महोदधेः पूर इवेन्दु- दर्शनात् R.3.17.
    -2 an epithet of Indra. ˚जः a conch- shell, shell.
    - उदय a. very prosperous or lucky, very glorious or splendid, of great prosperity.
    (-यः) 1 (a) great elevation or rise, greatness, prosperity; नन्दस्त्वतीन्द्रियं दृष्ट्वा लोकपालमहोदयम् Bhāg.1.28.1; अपवर्ग- महोदयार्थयोर्भुवमंशाविव धर्मयोर्गतौ R.8.16. (b) great fortune or good luck. (c) greatness, pre-eminence.
    -2 final beatitude.
    -3 a lord, master.
    -4 N. of the district called Kānyakubja or Kanouja; see App.
    -5 N. of the capital of Kanouja.
    -6 sour milk mixed with honey.
    -7 = महात्मन् q. v.; संसक्तौ किमसुलभं महोदयानाम Ki.7.27. ˚पर्वन् a time of union of the middle of श्रवण नक्षत्र and the end of व्यतिपात (generally in the month of माघ or पौष at the beginning of अमावास्या).
    - उदर a. big-bellied, corpulent.
    -(रम्) 1 a big belly.
    -2 dropsy.
    -उदार a.
    1 very generous or magnanimous.
    -2 mighty, powerful.
    -उद्यम a. = महोत्साह q. v; महोद्यमाः कर्म समा- रभन्ते.
    -उद्योग a. very industrious or diligent, hard- working.
    -उद्रेकः a particular measure (= 4 प्रस्थs).
    -उन्नत a. exceedingly lofty. (
    -तः) the palmyra tree.
    -उन्नतिः f. great rise or elevation (fig. also), high rank.
    -उपकारः a great obligation.
    -उपाध्यायः a great preceptor, a learned teacher.
    -उरगः a great serpent; वपुर्महोरगस्येव करालफणमण्डलम् R.12.98.
    -उरस्क a. broad-chested. (
    -स्कः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -उर्मिन् m. the ocean; ततः सागरमासाद्य कुक्षौ तस्य महोर्मिणः Mb.3.2.17.
    -उल्का 1 a great meteor.
    -2 a great fire-brand.
    -ऋत्विज् m. 'great priest', N. of the four chief sacri- ficial priests.
    -ऋद्धि a. very prosperous, opulent. (-f.) great prosperity or affluence.
    -ऋषभः a great bull.
    -ऋषिः 1 a great sage or saint; यस्मादृषिः परत्वेन महांस्त- स्मान्महर्षयः; (the term is applied in Ms.1.34 to the ten Prajāpatis or patriarchs of mankind, but it is also used in the general sense of 'a great sage').
    -2 N. of Sacute;iva.
    -3 of Buddha.
    -ओघ a. having a strong current.
    -घः a very large number; शतं खर्व- सहस्राणां समुद्रमभिधीयते । शतं समुद्रसाहस्रं महौघमिति विश्रुतम् ॥ Rām.6.28.37.
    -ओष्ठ (महोष्ठ) a. having large lips. (
    -ष्ठः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -ओजस् a. very mighty or powerful, possessed of great splendour or glory; महौजसा मानधना धनार्चिताः Ki.1.19. (-m.) a great hero or warrior, a champion. (-n.) great vigour.
    -ओजसम् the discus of Viṣṇu (सुदर्शन). (
    -सी) N. of plant (Mar. कांगणी).
    -ओदनी Asparagus Racemosus (Mar. शतावरी).
    -ओषधिः f.
    1 a very efficacious medicinal plant, a sovereign drug.
    -2 the Dūrvā grass.
    -3 N. of various plants ब्राह्मी, श्वेतकण्टकारी, कटुका, अतिविष &c. ˚गणः a collection of great or medicinal herbs:-- पृश्निपर्णी श्यामलता भृङ्गराजः शतावरी । गुड्चा सहदेवी च महौषधिगणः स्मृतः ॥ cf. also सहदेवी तथा व्याघ्री बला चातिबला त्वचा । शङ्खपुष्पी तथा सिंही अष्टमी च सुवर्चला ॥ महौषध्यष्टकं प्रोक्तं....
    -औषधम् 1 a sovereign remedy, panacea.
    -2 ginger.
    -3 garlic.
    -4 a kind of poison (वत्सनाभ).
    -कच्छः 1 the sea.
    -2 N. of Varuṇa.
    -3 a mountain.
    -कन्दः garlic.
    -कपर्दः a kind of shell.
    -कपित्थः 1 the Bilva tree.
    -2 red garlic.
    -कम्बु a. stark naked. (
    -म्बुः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -कर a.
    1 large-handed.
    -2 having a large revenue.
    -कर्णः an epithet of Śiva.
    -कर्मन् a. doing great works. (-m.) an epithet of Śiva.
    -कला the night of the new moon.
    -कल्पः a great cycle of time (1 years of Brahman); Bhāg.7.15.69.
    -कविः 1 a great poet, a classical poet, such as कालिदास, भवभूति, बाण, भारवि &c.
    -2 an epithet of Śukra.
    -कषायः N. of a plant (Mar. कायफळ).
    -कान्तः an epithet of Śiva. (
    -ता) the earth.
    -काय a. big-bodied, big, gigantic, bulky.
    (-यः) 1 an elephant.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -3 of Viṣṇu.
    -4 of a being attending on Śiva (= नन्दि).
    -कारुणिक a. exceedingly compassionate.
    -कार्तिकी the night of full-moon in the month of Kārtika.
    -कालः 1 a form of Śiva in his character as the destroyer of the world; महाकालं यजेद्देव्या दक्षिणे धूम्रवर्णकम् Kālītantram.
    -2 N. of a cele- brated shrine or temple of Śiva (Mahākāla) (one of the 12 celebrated Jyotirliṅgas) established at Ujjayinī (immortalized by Kālidāsa in his Meghadūta, which gives a very beautiful description of the god, his temple, worship &c., together with a graphic picture of the city; cf. Me.3-38; also R.6.34); महाकालनिवासिनं कालीविलासिनमनश्वरं महेश्वरं समाराध्य Dk.1.1.
    -3 an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -4 N. of a kind of gourd.
    -5 N. of Śiva's servant (नन्दि). ˚पुरम् the city of Ujjayinī. ˚फलम् a red fruit with black seeds; पक्वं महाकालफलं किलासीत् N.22.29.
    -काली an epithet of Durgā in her terrific form.
    -काव्यम् a great or classical poem; (for a full description of its nature, contents &c., according to Rhetoricians see S. D.559). (The number of Mahākāvyas is usually said to be five:-- रघुवंश, कुमारसंभव, किरातार्जुनीय, शिशुपालवध and नैषधचरित or six, if मेघदूत-- a very small poem or खण़्डकाव्य-- be added to the list. But this enumeration is apparently only traditional, as there are several other poems, such as the भट्टिकाव्य, विक्रमाङ्कदेवचरित, हरविजय &c. which have an equal claim to be considered as Mahākāvyas).
    -कीर्तनम् a house.
    -कुमारः the eldest son of a reigning prince, heir-apparent.
    -कुल, -कुलीन a. of noble birth or descent, sprung from a noble family, nobly born. (
    -लम्) a noble birth or family, high descent.
    -कुहः a species of parasitical worm.
    -कृच्छ्रम् a great penance.
    -केतुः N. of Śiva.
    -केशः, -कोशः 1 an epithet of Śiva.
    -2 a large sheath.
    -क्रतुः a great sacrifice; e. g. a horse-sacrifice; तदङ्गमग्ऱ्यं मघवन् महाक्रतोरमुं तुरङ्गं प्रतिमोक्तुमर्हसि R.3.46.
    -क्रमः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -क्रोधः an epithet of Śiva.
    -क्षत्रपः a great satrap.
    -क्षीरः sugar-cane.
    -क्षीरा f. a She-buffalo; Nighaṇṭaratnākara.
    -खर्वः, -र्वम् a high number (ten billions ?).
    -गजः a great elephant; see दिक्करिन्.
    -गणपतिः a form of the god Gaṇeśa.
    -गदः fever.
    -गन्ध a. exceedingly fragrant. (
    -न्धः) a kind of cane. (
    -न्धम्) a kind of sandal- wood. (
    -न्धा) N. of Chāmuṇḍā.
    -गर्तः, -गर्भः -गीतः N. of Śiva.
    -गर्दभगन्धिका N. of a plant, भारङ्गी.
    -गल a. longnecked.
    -गवः Bos gavaeus.
    -गुण a. very efficacious, sovereign (as a medicine); त्वया ममैष संबन्धः कपिमुख्य महागुणः Rām.5.1.12. (
    -णः) a chief quality, cardinal virtue.
    -गुरुः a highly respectable or venerable person; (these are three, the father, mother and preceptor; पिता माता तथाचार्यो महागुरुरिति स्मृतः).
    -गुल्मा the Soma plant.
    -गृष्टिः f. a cow with a large hump.
    -ग्रहः 1 an epithet of Rāhu.
    -2 the sun; महाग्रहग्राहविनष्टपङ्कः Rām.5.5.6.
    -ग्रामः N. of the ancient capital of Ceylon, the modern Māgama.
    -ग्रीवः 1 a camel.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -ग्रीविन् m. a camel.
    -घूर्णा spirituous liquor.
    -घृतम् ghee kept for a long time (for medicinal purposes).
    -घोष a. noisy, loud-sounding. (
    -षम्) a market, fair. (
    -षः) a loud noise, clamour.
    -चक्रम् the mystic circle in the शाक्त ceremonial.
    -चक्रवर्तिन् m. a universal monarch.
    -चण्डा N. of Chāmuṇḍā.
    -चपला a kind of metre.
    -चमूः f. a large army.
    -छायः the fig-tree.
    -जङ्घः a camel.
    -जटः an epithet of Śiva.
    -जटा 1 a great braid of hair.
    -2 the matted hair of Śiva.
    -जत्रु a. having a great collar-bone. (
    -त्रुः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -जनः 1 a multitude of men, a great many beings, the general populace or public; महाजनो येन गतः स पन्थाः Mb.3.313. 117; आगम्य तु ततो राजा विसृज्य च महाजनम् 6.98.25.
    -2 the populace, mob; विलोक्य वृद्धोक्षमधिष्ठितं त्वया महाजनः स्मेरमुखो भविष्यति Ku.5.7.
    -3 a great man, a distinguished or eminent man; महाजनस्य संसर्गः कस्य नोन्नतिकारकः । पद्मपत्रस्थितं तोयं धत्ते मुक्ताफलश्रियम् Pt.3.6.
    -4 the chief of a caste or trade.
    -5 a merchant, tradesman.
    -जवः an antelope.
    -जातीय a.
    1 rather large.
    -2 of an excellent kind.
    -जालिः, -ली N. of a plant (Mar. सोनामुखी)
    -जिह्वः an epithet of Śiva.
    -ज्ञानिन् m.
    1 a very learned man.
    -2 a great sage.
    -3 N. of Śiva.
    -ज्यैष्ठी the day of fullmoon in the month of Jyeṣṭha; ताभिर्दृश्यत एष यान् पथि महाज्यैष्ठीमहे मन्महे N.15.89; पूर्णिमा रविवारेण महाज्यैष्ठी प्रकीर्तिता Agni P.121.63.
    -ज्योतिस् m. an epithet of Śiva.
    -ज्वरः great affliction.
    -ज्वाल a. very brilliant or shining.
    (-लः) 1 N. of Śiva.
    -2 a sacrificial fire.
    -डीनम् a kind of flight; 'यानं महाडीनमाहुः पवित्रामूर्जितां गतिम्' Mb.8.41.27 (com.).
    -तपस् m.
    1 a great ascetic.
    -2 an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -तलम् N. of one of the seven lower regions; see पाताल.
    -तारा N. of a Buddhist goddess.
    -तिक्तः the Nimba tree.
    -तिथिः the 6th day of a lunation.
    -तीक्ष्ण a. exceedingly sharp or pungent. (
    -क्ष्णा) the marking- nut plant.
    -तेजस् a.
    1 possessed of great lustre or splendour.
    -2 very vigorous or powerful, heroic. (-m.)
    1 a hero, warrior.
    -2 fire.
    -3 an epithet of Kārtikeya. (-n.) quick-silver.
    -त्याग, -त्यागिन् a. very generous. (-m.) N. of Śiva.
    -दंष्ट्रः a species of big tiger.
    -दन्तः 1 an elephant with large tusks.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -दण्डः 1 a long arm.
    -2 a severe punishment.
    -दम्भः an epithet of Śiva.
    -दशा the influence exercised (over a man's destiny) by a predominant planet.
    -दानम् the gift of gold equal to one's own weight; अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि महादानस्य लक्षणम्.
    -दारु n. the devadāru tree.
    -दुर्गम् a great calamity; Pt.
    -दूषकः a kind of grain.
    -देवः N. of Śiva.
    (-वी) 1 N. of Pārvatī.
    -2 the chief queen.
    -द्रुमः the sacred fig-tree.
    -द्वारम् a large gate, the chief or outer gate of a temple.
    -धन a.
    1 rich.
    -2 expensive, costly; हेमदण्डैर्महाधनैः Rām.7. 77.13.
    (-नम्) 1 gold.
    -2 incense.
    -3 a costly or rich dress.
    -4 agriculture, husbandry.
    -5 anything costly or precious.
    -6 great booty.
    -7 a great battle (Ved.).
    -धनुस् m. an epithet of Śiva.
    -धातुः 1 gold.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -3 lymph.
    -4 N. of Meru.
    -धी a. having a great understanding.
    -धुर्यः a full-grown draught ox.
    -ध्वजः a camel.
    -ध्वनिक a. dead.
    -नग्नः an athlete; Buddh.
    -नटः an epithet of Śiva; महानटः किं नु...... तनोति...... साम्प्रतमङ्गहारम् N.22.7; महानटबाहुनेव बद्धभुजाङ्केन Vās.
    -नदः a great river.
    -नदी 1 a great river, such as Gaṅgā, Kṛiṣṇā; मन्दरः पर्वतश्चाक्षो जङ्घा तस्य महानदी Mb.8.34.2; संभूयाम्भोधिमभ्येति महानद्या नगापगा Śi.2.1.
    -2 N. of a river falling into the bay of Bengal.
    -नन्दा 1 spirituous liquor.
    -2 N. of a river.
    -3 ninth day of the bright half of the month of Māgha; माघमासस्य या शुक्ला नवमी लोकपूजिचा । महानन्देति सा प्रोक्ता....
    -नरकः N. of one of the 21 hells.
    -नलः a kind of reed.
    -नवमी the ninth day in the bright half of Āśvina, sacred to the worship of Durgā ततो$नु नवमी यस्मात् सा महानवमी स्मृता.
    -नाटकम् 'the great drama', N. of a drama, also called Hanumannāṭaka, (being popularly ascribed to Hanumat); thus defined by S. D.:-- एतदेव यदा सर्वैः पताकास्थानकैर्युतम् । अङ्कैश्च दशभिर्धीरा महानाटकमूचिरे ॥
    -नाडी sinew, tendon.
    -नादः 1 a loud sound, uproar.
    -2 a great drum.
    -3 a thunder-cloud.
    -4 a shell.
    -5 an elephant.
    -6 a lion.
    -7 the ear.
    -8 a camel.
    -9 an epithet of Śiva. (
    -दम्) a musical instrument.
    -नाम्नी 1 N. of a परिशिष्ट of Sāmaveda.
    -2 (pl.) N. of 9 verses of Sāmaveda beginning with विदा मघवन् विदा.
    -नायकः 1 a great gem in the centre of a string of pearls.
    -2 a great head or chief.
    -नासः an epithet of Śiva.
    -निद्र a. fast asleep. (
    -द्रा) 'the great sleep', death.
    -निम्नम् intestines, abdomen.
    -नियमः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -निर्वाणम् total extinction of individuality (according to the Buddhists).
    -निशा 1 the dead of night, the second and third watches of the night; महानिशा तु विज्ञेया मध्यमं प्रहरद्वयम्
    -2 an epithet of Durgā.
    -नीचः a washerman.
    -नील a. dark-blue. (
    -लः) a kind of sapphire or emerald; इन्द्रनीलमहानीलमणिप्रवरवेदिकम् Rām.5.9.16; महा- महानीलशिलारुचः Śi.1.16;4.44; R.18.42; Kau. A.2.11. 29. ˚उपलः a sapphire.
    -नृत्यः, -नेत्रः an epithet of Śiva.
    -नेमिः a crow.
    -न्यायः the chief rule.
    -पक्ष a.
    1 having many adherents.
    -2 having a large family or retinue; महापक्षे धनिन्यार्थे निक्षेपं निक्षिपेद् बुधः Ms.8.179.
    (-क्षः) 1 an epithet of Garuḍa.
    -2 a kind of duck. (
    -क्षी) an owl.
    -पङ्क्तिः, -पदपङ्क्तिः a kind of metre.
    -पञ्चमूलम् the five great roots:-- बिल्वो$ग्निमन्थः श्योनाकः काश्मरी पाटला तथा । सर्वैस्तु मिलितैरेतैः स्यान्महापञ्चमूलकम् ॥
    -पञ्चविषम् the five great or deadly poisons:-- शृङ्गी च कालकूटश्च मुस्तको वत्सनाभकः । शङ्खकर्णीति योगो$यं महापञ्चविषाभिधः ॥
    -पटः the skin.
    -पथः 1 chief road, principal street, high or main road; संतानकाकीर्णमहापथं तत् Ku.7.3.
    -2 the passage into the next world, i. e. death.
    -3 N. of certain mountain-tops from which devout persons used to throw themselves down to secure entrance into heaven.
    -4 an epithet of Śiva.
    -5 the long pilgrimage to mount Ke- dāra.
    -6 the way to heaven.
    -7 the knowledge of the essence of Śiva acquired in the pilgrimage to Kedāra.
    -पथिक a.
    1 undertaking great journeys.
    -2 one receiving Śulka (toll) on the high way; cf. Mb.12.76.6 (com. महापथिकः समुद्रे नौयानेन गच्छन् यद्वा महापथि शुल्कग्राहकः)
    -पद्मः 1 a particular high number.
    -2 N. of Nārada.
    -3 N. of one of the nine treasures of Kubera.
    -4 N. of the southernmost elephant supporting the world.
    -5 an epithet of Nanda.
    -6 a Kinnara attendant on Kubera.
    (-द्मम्) 1 a white lotus.
    -2 N. of a city. ˚पतिः N. of Nanda.
    -पराकः a. a particular penance; Hch.
    -पराङ्णः a late hour in the afternoon.
    -पवित्रः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -पशुः large cattle; महापशूनां हरणे... दण्डं प्रकल्पयेत् Ms.8.324.
    -पातः a long flight; Pt.2.58.
    -पातकम् 1 a great sin, a heinous crime; ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । महान्ति पातकान्याहुस्तत्संसर्गश्च पञ्चमम् ॥ Ms.1154.
    -2 any great sin or transgression.
    -पात्रः a prime minister.
    -पादः an epithet of Śiva.
    -पाप्मन् a. very sinful or wicked.
    -पुराणम् N. of a Purāṇa; महापुराणं विज्ञेयमेकादशकलक्षणम् Brav. P.
    -पुंसः a great man.
    -पुरुषः 1 a great man, an eminent or distinguished personage; शब्दं महापुरुषसंविहितं निशम्य U. 6.7.
    -2 the Supreme Spirit.
    -3 an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -पौरुषिकः a worshipper of Viṣṇu; तदहं ते$भिधास्यामि महापौरुषिको भवान् Bhāg.2.1.1.
    -पुष्पः a kind of worm.
    -पूजा great worship; any solemn worship performed on extraordinary occasions.
    -पृष्ठः a camel.
    -पोटगलः a kind of large reed.
    -प्रजापतिः N. of Viṣṇu.
    -प्रतीहारः a chief door-keeper.
    -प्रपञ्चः the great universe.
    -प्रभ a. of great lustre. (
    -भः) the light of a lamp.
    -प्रभुः 1 a great lord.
    -2 a king, sovereign.
    -3 a chief.
    -4 an epithet of Indra.
    -5 of Śiva
    -6 of Viṣṇu.
    -7 a great saint or holy man.
    -प्रलयः 'the great dissolution', the total annihilation of the universe at the end of the life of Brahman, when all the lokas with their inha- bitants, the gods, saints &c. including Brahman himself are annihilated; महाप्रलयमारुत...... Ve.3.4.
    -प्रश्नः a knotty question.
    -प्रसादः 1 a great favour.
    -2 a great present (of food offered to an idol); पादोदकं च निर्माल्यं नैवेद्यं च विशेषतः । महाप्रसाद इत्युक्त्वा ग्राह्यं विष्णोः प्रयत्नतः
    -प्रस्थानम् 1 departing this life, death.
    -2 setting out on a great journey for ending life; इहैव निधनं याम महाप्रस्थानमेव वा Rām.2.47.7 (com. महाप्रस्थानं मरणदीक्षा- पूर्वकमुत्तराभिमुखगमनम्); Mb.1.2.365.
    -प्राणः 1 the hard breathing or aspirate sound made in the pronunciation of the aspirates.
    -2 the aspirated letters themselves (pl.); they are:-- ख्, घ्, छ्, झ्, ठ्, ढ्, थ्, ध्, फ्, भ्, श्, ष्, स्, ह्.
    -3 a raven.
    -प्राणता possession of great strength or essence; अन्यांश्च जीवत एव महाप्राणतया स्फुरतो जग्राह K.
    -प्रेतः a noble departed spirit.
    -प्लवः a great flood, deluge;... क्षिप्तसागरमहाप्लवामयम् Śi.14.71.
    -फल a.
    1 bearing much fruit.
    -2 bringing much reward.
    (-ला) 1 a bitter gourd.
    -2 a kind of spear.
    (-लम्) 1 a great fruit or reward.
    -2 a testicle.
    -फेना the cuttle-fish bone.
    -बन्धः a peculiar position of hands or feet.
    -बभ्रुः a kind of animal living in holes.
    -बल a. very strong; नियुज्यमानो राज्याय नैच्छद्राज्यं महाबलः Rām
    (-लः) 1 wind, storm.
    -2 a Buddha.
    -3 a solid bamboo.
    -4 a palm.
    -5 a crocodile.
    -बला N. of a plant; महाबला च पीतपुष्पा सहदेवी च सा स्मृता Bhāva. P. (
    -लम्) lead. ˚ईश्वरः N. of a Liṅga of Śiva near the modern Mahābaleśwara.
    -बाध a. causing great pain or damage.
    -बाहु a. long-armed, powerful. (
    -हुः) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -बि(वि)लम् 1 the atmosphere.
    -2 the heart.
    -3 a water-jar, pitcher.
    -4 a hole, cave.
    -बिसी a variety of skin (चर्म), a product of द्वादशग्राम in the Himālayas.
    -बी(वी)जः an epithet of Śiva.
    -बी (वी)ज्यम् the perinæum.
    -बुध्न a. having a great bottom or base (as a mountain).
    -बुशः barley.
    -बृहती a kind of metre.
    -बोधिः 1 the great intelligence of a Buddha.
    -2 a Buddha.
    -ब्रह्मम्, -ब्रह्मन् n. the Supreme Spirit.
    -ब्राह्मणः 1 a great or learned Brāhmaṇa.
    -2 a low or contemptible Brāhmaṇa.
    -भटः a great warrior; तदोजसा दैत्यमहाभटार्पितम् Bhāg.
    -भद्रा N. of the river Gaṅgā.
    -भाग a.
    1 very fortunate or blessed, very lucky or prosperous.
    -2 illustrious, distinguished, glo- rious; उभौ धर्मौ महाभागौ Mb.12.268.3; महाभागः कामं नरपतिरभिन्नस्थितिरसौ Ś.5.1; Ms.3.192.
    -3 very pure or holy, highly virtuous; पतिव्रता महाभागा कथं नु विचरिष्यति Mb.4.3.16.
    -भागता, -त्वम्, -भाग्यम् 1 extreme good fortune, great good luck, prosperity.
    -2 great excel- lence or merit.
    -भागवतम् the great Bhāgavata, one of the 18 Purāṇas. (
    -तः) a great worshipper of Viṣṇu.
    -भागिन् a. very fortunate or prosperous.
    -भाण्डम् a chief treasury.
    -भारतम् N. of the celebrated epic which describes the rivalries and contests of the sons of Dhṛitarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu. (It consists of 18 Parvans or books, and is said to be the composition of Vyāsa; cf. the word भारत also); महत्त्वाद्भारतत्वाच्च महाभारतमुच्यते
    -भाष्यम् 1 a great commentary.
    -2 particularly, the great commentary of Patañjali on the Sūtras of Pāṇini.
    -भासुरः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -भिक्षुः N. of Śākyamuni.
    -भीता a kind of sensitive plant (लाजाळू).
    -भीमः an epithet of king Śantanu.
    -भीरुः a sort of beetle or fly.
    -भुज a. long-armed, powerful.
    -भूतम् a great or primary element; see भूत; तस्यैतस्य महाभूतस्य निःश्वसितमेतद्यदृग्वेदः Up.; तं वेधा विदधे नूनं महाभूतसमाधिना R.1. 29; Ms.1.6.
    (-तः) 1 the Supreme Being.
    -2 a great creature.
    -भोगः 1 a great enjoyment.
    -2 a great coil or hood; great winding.
    -3 a serpent. (
    -गा) an epi- thet of Durgā.
    -मणिः 1 a costly or precious jewel; संस्कारोल्लिखितो महामणिरिव क्षीणो$पि नालक्ष्यते Ś.6.5.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -मति a.
    1 high-minded.
    -2 clever. (
    -तिः) N. of Bṛihaspati or Jupiter.
    -मत्स्यः a large fish, sea-monster.
    -मद a. greatly intoxicated. (
    -दः) an elephant in rut.
    -मनस्, -मनस्क a.
    1 high-minded, noble- minded, magnanimous; ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः Mb.4.1.7.
    -2 liberal.
    -3 proud, haughty. (-m) a fabulous animal called शरभ q. v.
    -मन्त्रः 1 any sacred text of the Vedas.
    -2 a great or efficacious charm, a powerful spell.
    -मन्त्रिन् m. the prime-minister, premier.
    -मयूरी N. of Buddhist goddess.
    -मलहारी a kind of Rāgiṇi.
    -महः a great festive procession; Sinhās.
    -महस् n. a great light (seen in the sky).
    -महोपाध्यायः 1 a very great preceptor.
    -2 a title given to learned men and reputed scholars; e. g. महामहो- पाध्यायमल्लिनाथसूरि &c.
    -मांसम् 'costly flesh', especially human flesh; न खलु महामांसविक्रयादन्यमुपायं पश्यामि Māl.4; अशस्त्रपूतं निर्व्याजं पुरुषाङ्गोपकल्पितम् । विक्रीयते महामांसं गृह्यतां गृह्यतामिदम् 5.12 (see Jagaddhara ad loc.).
    -माघी the full-moon day in the month of Māgha.
    -मात्र a.
    1 great in measure, very great or large.
    -2 most excellent, best; वृष्ण्यन्धकमहामात्रैः सह Mb.1.221.27; 5.22.37.
    (-त्रः) 1 a great officer of state, high state- official, a chief minister; (मन्त्रे कर्मणि भूषायां वित्ते माने परिच्छदे । मात्रा च महती येषां महामात्रास्तु ते स्मृताः); Ms. 9.259; गूढपुरुषप्रणिधिः कृतमहामात्रापसर्पः (v. l. महामात्यापसर्पः) पौरजानपदानपसर्पयेत् Kau. A.1.13.9; Rām.2.37.1.
    -2 an elephant-driver or keeper; मदोन्मत्तस्य भूपस्य कुञ्जरस्य च गच्छतः । उन्मार्गं वाच्यतां यान्ति महामात्राः समीपगाः ॥ Pt.1.161.
    -3 a superintendent of elephants.
    (-त्री) 1 the wife of a chief minister.
    -2 the wife of a spiritual teacher.
    -मानसी N. of a Jain goddess.
    -मान्य a. being in great honour with; मकरन्दतुन्दिलानामरविन्दानामयं महामान्यः Bv.1.6.
    -मायः 1 an epithet of Śiva.
    -2 of Viṣṇu.
    -माया 1 worldly illusion, which makes the material world appear really existent.
    -2 N. of Durgā; महामाया हरेश्चैषा यया संमोह्यते जगत् Devīmāhātmya.
    -मायूरम् a particular drug. (
    -री) N. of an amulet and a goddess; Buddh.
    -मारी 1 cholera, an epidemic.
    -2 an epithet of Durgā.
    -मार्गः high road, main street. ˚पतिः a superintendent of roads.
    -मालः N. of Śiva.
    -माहेश्वरः a great worshipper of Maheśvara or Śiva.
    -मुखः a crocodile.
    -मुद्रा a parti- cular position of hands or feet (in practice of yoga).
    -मुनिः 1 a great sage.
    -2 N. of Vyāsa.
    -3 an epithet of Buddha.
    -4 of Agastya.
    -5 the coriander plant. (
    -नि n.)
    1 coriander seed.
    -2 any medicinal herb or drug.
    -मूर्तिः N. of Viṣṇu.
    -मूर्धन् m. an epithet of Śiva.
    -मूलम् a large radish. (
    -लः) a kind of onion.
    -मूल्य a. very costly. (
    -ल्यः) a ruby.
    -मृगः 1 any large animal.
    -2 an elephant,
    -3 the fabulous animal called शरभ.
    -मृत्युः, -मेधः N. of Śiva.
    -मृत्युंजयः a kind of drug.
    -मृधम् a great battle.
    -मेदः the coral tree; महामेदाभिधो ज्ञेयः Bhāva. P.
    -मेधा an epithet of Durgā.
    -मोहः great infatuation or confusion of mind. (ससर्ज) महामोहं च मोहं च तमश्चाज्ञानवृत्तयः Bhāg.3.12.2. (
    -हा) an epithet of Durgā.
    -यज्ञः 'a great sacrifice', a term applied to the five daily sacrifices or acts of piety to be performed by a house-holder; अध्यापनं ब्रह्मयज्ञः पितृयज्ञस्तु तर्पणम् । होमो दैवो (or देवयज्ञः) बलिर्भौतो (or भूतयज्ञः) नृयज्ञो$तिथिपूजनम् ॥ Ms.3.7,71, (for explanation, see the words s. v.).
    -2 N. of Viṣṇu.
    -यमकम् 'a great Yamaka', i. e. a stanza all the four lines of which have exactly the same words, though different in sense; e. g. see Ki.15.52, where विकाशमीयुर्जगतीशमार्गणाः has four different senses; cf. also बभौ मरुत्वान् विकृतः समुद्रः Bk.1.19.
    -यशस् a. very famous, renowned, celebrated.
    -यात्रा 'the great pilgrimage', the pilgrimage to Benares.
    -यानम् N. of the later system of Buddhist teaching, firstly promul- gated by Nāgārjuna (opp. हीनयान).
    -याम्यः an epi- thet of Viṣṇu.
    -युगम् 'a great Yuga', consisting of the four Yugas of mortals, or comprising 4,32, years of men.
    -योगिन् m.
    1 an epithet of Śiva.
    -2 of Viṣṇu.
    -3 a cock.
    -योनिः f. excessive dilation of the female organ.
    -रक्तम् coral.
    -रङ्गः a large stage.
    -रजतम् 1 gold; उच्चैर्महारजतराजिविराजितासौ Śi.4.28.
    -2 the thorn-apple.
    -रजनम् 1 safflower.
    -2 gold.
    -3 turmeric; तस्य हैतस्य पुरुषस्य रूपं यथा महारजनं वासः Bṛi. Up.2.3.6.
    -रत्नम् 1 a precious jewel; वज्रं मुक्ता प्रवालं च गोमेदश्चेन्द्रनीलकः ॥ वैडूर्यः पुष्करागश्च पाचिर्माणिक्यमेव च । महारत्नानि चैतानि नव प्रोक्तानि सूरिभिः ॥ Śukra.4.155-56.
    -रथः 1 a great chariot.
    -2 a great warrior or hero; द्रुपदश्च महारथः Bg.1.4; कुतः प्रभावो धनंजयस्य महारथजयद्रथस्य विपत्तिमुत्पादयितुम् Ve.2; दशरथः प्रशशास महारथः R.9.1; Śi.3.22; (a महारथ is thus defined:-- एको दशसहस्राणि योधयेद्यस्तु धन्विनाम् ॥ शस्त्रशास्त्र- प्रवीणश्च विज्ञेयः स महारथः ॥).
    -3 desire, longing; cf. मनोरथ.
    -रवः a frog.
    -रस a. very savoury.
    (-सः) 1 a sugar- cane.
    -2 quicksilver.
    -3 a precious mineral.
    -4 the fruit of the date tree.
    -5 any one of the eight substan- ces given below:-- दरदः पारदं शस्ये वैक्रान्तं कान्तमभ्रकम् । माक्षिकं विमलश्चेति स्युरेते$ष्टौ महारसाः ॥ (
    -सम्) sour ricewater.
    -राजः 1 a great king, sovereign or supreme ruler; पञ्चाशल्लक्षपर्यन्तो महाराजः प्रकीर्तितः Śukra.1.184.
    -2 a respect- ful mode of addressing kings or other great personages (my lord, your majesty, your highness); इति सत्यं महाराज बद्धो$स्म्यर्थेन कौरवैः Mb.
    -3 a deified Jaina teacher.
    -4 a fingernail. ˚अधिराजः a universal emperor, para- mount sovereign. ˚चूतः a kind of mango tree.
    -राजिकः N. of Viṣṇu.
    -राजिकाः (m. pl.) an epithet of a class of gods (said to be 22 or 236 in number.).
    -राज्यम् the rank or title of a reigning sovereign.
    -राज्ञी 1 the reigning or chief queen, principal wife of a king.
    -2 N. of Durgā.
    -रात्रम् midnight, dead of night.
    -रात्रिः, -त्री f.
    1 see महाप्रलय; ब्रह्मणश्च निपाते च महाकल्पो भवेन्नृप । प्रकीर्तिता महारात्रिः.
    -2 midnight.
    -3 the eighth night in the bright half of Āśvina.
    -राष्ट्रः 'the great kingdom', N. of a country in the west of India, the country of the Marāṭhās.
    -2 the people of Mahārāṣṭra; the Marāṭhās (pl.). (
    -ष्ट्री) N. of the principal Prākṛita; dialect, the language of the people of the Mahārāṣṭra; cf. Daṇḍin:-- महाराष्ट्राश्रयां भाषां प्रकृष्टं प्राकृतं विदुः Kāv.1.34.
    -रिष्टः a kind of Nimba tree growing on mountains.
    -रुज्, -ज a. very painful.
    -रुद्रः a form of Śiva.
    -रुरुः a species of antelope.
    -रूप a. mighty in form.
    (-पः) 1 an epithet of Śiva.
    -2 resin.
    -रूपकम् a kind of drama.
    -रेतस् m. an epithet of Śiva.
    -रोगः a dangerous illness, grievous malady; (these are eight:-- उन्मादो राजयक्ष्मा च श्वासस्त्वग्दोष एव च । मधुमेहश्चाश्मरी च तथो- दरभगन्दरौ ॥).
    -रौद्र a. very dreadful. (
    -द्री) an epithet of Durgā.
    -रौरवः N. of one of the 21 hells; Ms.4.88-9.
    -लक्ष्मी 1 the great Lakṣmī, or Śakti of Nārāyaṇa; सेवे सैरिभमर्दिनीमिह महालक्ष्मीं सरोजस्थिताम्.
    -2 a young girl who represents the goddess Durgā at the Durgā festival.
    -लयः 1 a great world destruction.
    -2 the Supreme Being (महदादीनां लयो यस्मिन्).
    -लिङ्गम् the great Liṅga or Phallus. (
    -ङ्गः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -लोलः a crow.
    -लोहम् a magnet.
    -वंशः N. of a wellknown work in Pali (of the 5th century).
    -वक्षस् m. epithet of Śiva.
    -वनम् a large forest in Vṛindāvana.
    -वरा Dūrvā grass.
    -वराहः 'the great boar', an epithet of Viṣṇu in his third or boar incarnation.
    -वर्तनम् high wages;
    -वल्ली 1 the Mādhavī creeper.
    -2 a large creeping plant.
    -वसः the porpoise.
    -वसुः silver; Gīrvāṇa.
    -वाक्यम् 1 a long sentence.
    -2 any continuous composition or literary work.
    -3 a great proposition, principal sentence; such as तत्त्वमसि, ब्रह्मैवेदं सर्वम् &c.
    -4 a complete sentence (opp. अवान्तरवाक्य q. v.); न च महावाक्ये सति अवान्तरवाक्यं प्रमाणं भवति ŚB. on MS.6.4.25.
    -वातः a stormy wind, violent wind; महावाता<?>तैर्महिषकुलनीलैर्जलधरैः Mk.5.22.
    -वादिन् m. a great or powerful disputant.
    -वायुः 1 air (as an element).
    -2 stormy wind, hur- ricane, tempest.
    -वार्तिकम् N. of the Vārtikas of Kātyāyana on Pāṇini's Sūtras.
    -विडम् a kind of factitious salt.
    -विदेहा N. of a certain वृत्ति or condition of the mind in the Yoga system of philosophy.
    -विद्या the great lores; काली तारा महाविद्या षोडशी भुवनेश्वरी । भैरवी छिन्नमस्ता च विद्या धूमवती तथा । बगला सिद्धविद्या च मातङ्गी कमला- त्मिका । एता दश महाविद्याः... ॥
    -विपुला a kind of metre.
    -विभाषा a rule giving a general option or alternative; इति महाविभाषया साधुः.
    -विभूतिः an epithet of Śiva.
    -विषः a serpent having two mouths.
    -विषुवम् the vernal equinox. ˚संक्रान्तिः f. the vernal equinox (the sun's entering the sign Aries).
    -विस्तर a. very extensive or copious.
    -वीचिः N. of a hell.
    -वीरः 1 a great hero or warrior.
    -2 a lion.
    -3 the thunderbolt of Indra.
    -4 an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -5 of Garuḍa.
    -6 of Hanumat.
    -7 a cuckoo.
    -8 a white horse.
    -9 a sacrificial fire.
    -1 a sacrificial vessel.
    -11 a kind of hawk. ˚चरितम् N. of a celebrated drama by Bhavabhūti.
    -वीर्य a. of great valour, very powerful.
    (-र्यः) 1 N. of Brah- man.
    -2 the Supreme Being. (
    -र्या) the wild cotton shrub.
    -2 an epithet of संज्ञा, the wife of the sun.
    -वृषः a great bull.
    -वेग a.
    1 very swift or fleet.
    (-गः) 1 great speed, excessive velocity.
    -2 an ape.
    -3 the bird Garuḍa.
    -वेघः a particular position of hands or feet (in the practice of Yoga).
    -वेल a. billowy.
    -व्याधिः f.
    1 a great disease.
    -2 a very bad kind of leprosy (black leprosy).
    -व्याहृतिः f. a great mystical word, i. e. भूर्, भुवस् and स्वर्.
    -व्रत a. very devotional, rigidly observing vows.
    (-तम्) 1 a great vow, a great reli- gious observance; a vow for not taking even water for a month; महाव्रतं चरेद्यस्तु Mb.12.35.22 (com. महाव्रतं मासमात्रं जलस्यापि त्यागः).
    -2 any great or funda- mental duty; प्राणैरपि हिता वृत्तिरद्रोहो व्याजवर्जनम् । आत्मनीव प्रियाधानमेतन्मैत्रीमहाव्रतम् Mv.5.59; क्रतौ महाव्रते पश्यन् ब्रह्मचारी- त्वरीरतम् N.17.23.
    -व्रतिन् m.
    1 a devotee, an ascetic.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -शक्तिः 1 an epithet of Śiva.
    -2 of Kārtikeya.
    -शङ्कुः the sine of the sun's eleva- tion.
    -शङ्खः 1 a great conch-shell; पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं Bg.1.15; महाशङ्खमयी माला ताराविद्याजपे प्रिया Tantra.
    -2 the temporal bone, forehead.
    -3 a human bone.
    -4 a particular high number.
    -5 one of Kubera's treasures.
    -शठः a kind of thorn-apple.
    -शब्द a. making a loud sound, very noisy, boisterous.
    -शल्कः a kind of sea- crab or prawn; Ms.3.272.
    -शालः a great householder.
    -शालिः a kind of large and sweetsmelling rice.
    -शाल्वणम् ('great fomentation') N. of a remedy; Suśr.
    -शासन a.
    1 exercising great power.
    -2 whose commands are great; त्रैलोक्यघिपतित्वमेव विरसं यस्मिन् महा- शासने Bh.3.8.
    (-नम्) 1 the knowledge of Brahma as expounded in the Upaniṣadas.
    -2 great order of government.
    -शिरस् m. a kind of serpent.
    -शिवरात्रिः N. of a festival on the 14th day of the dark half of Māgha,
    -शुक्तिः f. a pearl-shell.
    -शुक्ला an epithet of Sarasvatī.
    -शुभ्रम् silver.
    -शूद्रः (-द्री f.)
    1 a Sūdra in a high position.
    -2 a cowherd.
    -3 an upper servant. (
    -द्री) a female cow-keeper. (
    -द्रा) a Śudra woman in a high position.
    -शून्यम् a particular mental condi- tion of a Yogin.
    -शृङ्गः 1 a species of stag.
    -2 the शरभ animal.
    -श्मशानम् an epithet of Benares.
    -श्यामा the Sissoo tree. (Mar. शिसवी).
    -श्रमणः 1 an epithet of Buddha.
    -2 a Jain monk.
    -श्लक्ष्णा sand.
    -श्वासः a kind of asthma.
    -श्वेता 1 an epithet of Sarasvatī.
    -2 of Durgā.
    -3 white sugar.
    -संहिता great combi- nation.
    -संक्रान्तिः f. the winter solstice.
    -सती a very chaste woman.
    -सत्ता absolute existence.
    -सत्यः an epithet of Yama.
    -सत्त्व a.
    1 noble.
    -2 very strong or powerful.
    -3 just, righteous.
    (-त्त्वः) 1 a large animal.
    -2 N. of Sākyamuni.
    -3 an epithet of Kubera.
    -संधिविग्रहः the office of the minister of peace and war.
    -सन्नः an epithet of Kubera.
    -सन्निः m. (in music) a kind of measure.
    -समुद्रः the great ocean.
    -सर्गः a great or completely new creation (after a complete destruction of the world).
    -सर्जः the bread- fruit or jack-tree.
    -साधनभागः a great executive officer.
    -सांतपनः a kind of very rigid penance; see Ms.11. 218.
    -सांधिविग्रहिकः a minister of peace and war.
    -सामन्तः a great vassal.
    -सामान्यम् the widest genera- lity.
    -सारः a kind of Khadira tree.
    -सारथिः an epithet of Aruṇa.
    -साहसम् great violence or outrage, great audacity.
    -साहसिकः a dacoit, highwayman, a daring robber.
    -सिंहः the fabulous animal called Śarabha.
    -सिद्धिः f. a kind of magical power.
    -सुखम् 1 great pleasure.
    -2 copulation. (
    -खः) a Buddha.
    -सुगन्धम् a fragrant unguent.
    -सुगन्धिः a kind of antidote.
    -सुधा silver; Gīrvāṇa.
    -सुभिक्षम् good times.
    -सूक्तः the composer of the great Sūktas or hymns of the 1th Maṇḍala of the Ṛigveda.
    -सूक्ष्मा sand.
    -सूतः a mili- tary drum.
    -सेनः 1 an epithet of Kārtikeya; महासेन- प्रसूतिं तद्ययौ शरवणं महत् Rām.7.16.1.
    -2 the commander of a large army. (
    -ना) a great army.
    -स्कन्धः a camel.
    -स्थली the earth.
    -स्थानम् a great position.
    -स्नेहः a combination of the 4 kinds of fat.
    -स्मृतिः the Ṣaḍaṅgas and Smṛitis; महास्मृतिं पठेद्यस्तु तथैवानुस्मृतिं शुभाम् Mb.12.2.3.
    -स्रोतस् n. the bowels.
    -स्रग्विन् m. an epithet of Śiva.
    -स्वनः a kind of drum.
    -हंसः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -हविस् n. clarified butter.
    -हस्तः an epithet of Śiva.
    -हासः a loud or boisterous laughter, cachinnation.
    -हिमवत् m. N. of a mountain.
    -ह्रस्वा N. of a plant (Mar. कुहिली).

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > महा _mahā

  • 10 fastīgium

        fastīgium ī, n    the top of a gable, gable end, pediment: Capitoli: fastigia templorum, L.: Evado ad summi fastigia culminis, V.: ut haberet fastigium, i. e. a temple in his honor: ignem ad fastigia iactant, to the roof, V.—A top, height, summit, edge: colles pari altitudinis fastigio, Cs.: fontis, Cs.: muri, Cu.— Plur, depth: scrobibus quae sint fastigia quaeras, what should be the depth of the trenches, V.—A slope, declivity, descent: locus tenui fastigio vergebat, Cs.: iniquum loci ad declivitatem, Cs.: cloacis fastigio in Tiberim ductis, by a gradual descent, L.: scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, i. e. gradually narrowing, Cs.—Fig., a finish, completion: operi tamquam fastigium inponere, crown the work.— Elevation, rank, dignity: dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit, L.: alii cives eiusdem fastigi, L.: mortale, Cu.: muliebre, womanly dignity, Ta.: fortunae, the height, Cu.: Quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum Extollit Fortuna, Iu.: summa sequar fastigia rerum, great outlines, V.
    * * *
    peak, summit, top; slope, declivity, descent; gable, roof; sharp point, tip

    Latin-English dictionary > fastīgium

  • 11 corte

    f.
    1 court.
    2 court (tribunal). (especially Latin American Spanish)
    corte Penal Internacional International Criminal Court
    m.
    1 cut (raja).
    corte de pelo haircut
    2 length (retal de tela).
    3 shape (contorno).
    4 section.
    5 style.
    6 break (pausa).
    corte publicitario commercial break
    7 (cutting) edge (filo). (peninsular Spanish)
    8 cut, cutback (reducción) (presupuestario, salarial). ( Latin American Spanish)
    9 embarrassment (informal) (vergüenza).
    dar corte a alguien to embarrass somebody
    me da corte decírselo I feel embarrassed to tell him
    dar o pegar un corte a alguien to cut somebody dead
    11 court room.
    12 piece of cloth.
    13 cut of meat, cut.
    14 haircut.
    15 errand made for a fee.
    16 break-up.
    17 tendency, style.
    18 slap in the face, put-down.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: cortar.
    * * *
    2 (séquito) retinue
    1 the Spanish Parliament sing
    \
    hacer la corte a to court, pay court to
    ————————
    1 (gen) cut
    2 (filo) edge
    3 (sección) section
    5 (de pelo) cut, haircut
    6 (de helado) wafer, US ice-cream sandwich
    \
    dar un corte a alguien familiar to cut somebody dead
    ¡qué corte! familiar what a blow!
    corte y confección dressmaking
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. noun m.
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (=incisión, herida) cut

    hacerse un corte — to cut o.s.

    corte longitudinal — lengthwise section, longitudinal section

    2) (tb: corte de pelo) cut, haircut
    3) (Cos) (=diseño) cut
    4) (=interrupción) cut

    corte de carretera — [para obras, accidente] road closure; [como protesta] roadblock

    5) (=estilo)
    6) (=trozo)

    corte (de helado) — wafer, ice cream sandwich (EEUU)

    7) * (=respuesta contundente)

    dar un corte a algn: ¡vaya corte que te dieron! — that was one in the eye for you, wasn't it!

    corte de mangas — rude gesture made with the arm and hand which is the equivalent of giving the V-sign or, in the US, the finger

    le hizo un corte de mangas a los fotógrafos — he made a o the V-sign at the photographers, he gave two fingers to the photographers, he gave the photographers the finger (EEUU)

    8) * (=vergüenza)

    ¡qué corte, me besó delante de todos! — how embarrassing! he kissed me in front of everyone!

    llevarse un corte: me llevé un buen corte cuando supe que tenía novio — I felt really silly when I found out she had a boyfriend

    9) (=borde) edge

    dar corte a algo — to sharpen sth, put an edge on sth

    10) [de disco] track
    11) (Min) stint
    12) Cono Sur (=importancia)
    II
    SF
    1) [de un rey] (=residencia) court; (=séquito) court, entourage, retinue
    villa 1)
    2)

    hacer la corte a algn — (=cortejar) to pay court to sb; (=halagar) to win favour with sb, lick sb's boots *, suck up to sb *

    no deja de hacerme la corte a ver si le presto dinero — he keeps licking my boots o sucking up to me so that I'll lend him some money

    3) (Jur) law court
    4) (=ciudad) capital, capital city
    5)

    las Cortes — (Pol) Spanish parliament

    CORTES GENERALES The Spanish parliament consists of a lower house, the Congreso de los Diputados, and an upper house, the Senado. Members of the lower house are called diputados and members of the Senado are senadores.
    See:
    ver nota culturelle CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS in congreso,
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( tajo) cut
    b) ( de carne) cut, cut of meat
    c) tb

    corte de pelo — haircut, cut

    un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

    3) (Ven) ( separación) (fam) break-up, bust-up (colloq)

    darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

    4) (AmL) ( en el presupuesto) cut
    5) (Cin) ( por la censura) cut
    6)
    a) ( de tela) length, length of material
    b) ( en costura) cut

    un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

    7) (tendencia, estilo)
    8) (Esp fam)
    a) ( vergüenza) embarrassment
    9) (fam) (Audio) track
    10) (RPl fam) ( atención)

    darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

    II
    1) ( del rey) court

    hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

    2) (esp AmL) (Der) Court of Appeal
    3) las Cortes femenino plural (Pol) ( en Esp) Parliament, the legislative assembly
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( tajo) cut
    b) ( de carne) cut, cut of meat
    c) tb

    corte de pelo — haircut, cut

    un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

    3) (Ven) ( separación) (fam) break-up, bust-up (colloq)

    darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

    4) (AmL) ( en el presupuesto) cut
    5) (Cin) ( por la censura) cut
    6)
    a) ( de tela) length, length of material
    b) ( en costura) cut

    un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

    7) (tendencia, estilo)
    8) (Esp fam)
    a) ( vergüenza) embarrassment
    9) (fam) (Audio) track
    10) (RPl fam) ( atención)

    darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

    II
    1) ( del rey) court

    hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

    2) (esp AmL) (Der) Court of Appeal
    3) las Cortes femenino plural (Pol) ( en Esp) Parliament, the legislative assembly
    * * *
    corte1
    1 = severance, cut, cut off [cutoff], break, slit, snip, nick, clipping.

    Ex: Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.

    Ex: The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.
    Ex: It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.
    Ex: In terms of the reference process a break in the chain has occurred between the information need and the initial question.
    Ex: To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.
    Ex: With a snip here and a snip there, it's easy to turn a plant into a living sculpture.
    Ex: The table was purchased a year and a half ago as a conference table and has a few nicks and scratches but still looks good.
    Ex: The interlacing of twigs into wickerwork is in all probability contemporary with first clipping of flint into arrow-heads.
    * alicates de corte = wire cutters.
    * corte de pelo = hair cut.
    * corte de voz = voice insert.
    * corte temporal = time period.
    * corte transversal = cross-section [cross section], sectional cutting.
    * de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

    corte2
    2 = outage, power shutdown.

    Ex: The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research -- in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function.

    Ex: A reminder that the library is closed all day this Saturday due to a power shutdown in the building.
    * corte de corriente = power cut, power failure.
    * corte de la corriente eléctrica = power failure, power cut.
    * corte de luz = power outage, power failure, outage, disruption in the flow of electricity, power cut.
    * corte de suministro = power shutdown.
    * corte en el fluido eléctrico = power cut, power failure.

    corte3
    3 = court.

    Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.

    corte4
    * dar corte = self-conscious, feel + shy.
    * * *
    A
    1 (tajo) cut
    tenía varios cortes en la cara he had several cuts on his face
    hazle un pequeño corte en la parte superior make a little cut o nick in the top
    2 (de carne) cut, cut of meat
    3
    tb corte de pelo haircut, cut
    Compuestos:
    razor cut
    ( Esp) ice cream sandwich ( AmE), wafer ( BrE)
    lengthwise section, longitudinal section ( tech)
    transverse section, cross section
    B
    (interrupción): un corte en el suministro de fluido eléctrico ( frml); an outage ( AmE) o ( BrE) a power cut
    este verano hemos tenido varios cortes de agua the water has been cut off several times this summer
    se produjeron cortes de carretera en toda la provincia roads were blocked all over the province
    hubo un corte a una escena donde … it cut to a scene where …
    Compuestos:
    ( AmL) break, commercial break
    stomach cramp
    outage ( AmE), power cut ( BrE)
    commercial break, break
    C ( Ven) (separación) ( fam) break-up, bust-up ( colloq)
    le dio un corte a su novia he broke o split up with his girlfriend
    F
    1 (de tela) length, length of material
    2
    (en costura): siempre lleva trajes de buen corte he always wears well-made o well-cut suits
    Compuestos:
    ≈ V-sign ( in UK)
    les hizo un corte de mangas he gave them the finger, he did o made a V-sign at them ( BrE)
    dressmaking
    G
    (tendencia, estilo): canciones de corte romántico songs of a romantic kind o nature, romantic songs
    un discurso de neto corte nacionalista a speech with a clear nationalistic slant o bias o feeling to it
    en cualquier país de corte democrático in any country of democratic persuasion
    H ( Esp fam)
    1 (vergüenza) embarrassment
    me da corte ir sola I'm embarrassed to go by myself
    es un corte tener que pedírselo otra vez it's embarrassing having to ask him again
    2
    (respuesta tajante): ¡menudo corte! what a put-down! ( colloq)
    le dieron un buen corte cuando le dijeron que … it was a real slap in the face for him o it was a real put-down when they told him that …
    I ( fam) ( Audio) track
    J
    ( RPl fam) (atención): darle corte a algn to take notice of sb
    darse corte ( RPl fam); to show off
    L ( Elec) cut-off
    voltaje/frecuencia de corte cut-off voltage/frequency
    corte2 Cortes Generales (↑ corte a1)
    A (del rey) court
    vive rodeado de una corte de aduladores he is constantly surrounded by a circle of admirers
    hacerle la corte a algn (cortejar) ( ant); to woo sb ( datedor liter), to court sb ( dated); (halagar, agasajar) to lick sb's boots
    B ( esp AmL) ( Der) Court of Appeal
    Compuestos:
    Military Appeal Court
    ( AmL) Supreme Court
    C las Cortes fpl ( Pol) (en Esp) Parliament, the legislative assembly
    las Cortes generales se reunieron ayer Parliament met yesterday
    frente a las Cortes opposite the Parliament building
    Cortes Generales (↑ corte a1)
    Compuesto:
    fpl constituent assembly
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cortar: ( conjugate cortar)

    corté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    corte es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    cortar    
    corte
    cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
    ‹ asado› to carve;
    ‹leña/madera› to chop;
    ‹ baraja› to cut;
    ◊ corte algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

    corte algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
    corte algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
    2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
    ‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
    ‹ flores› (CS) to pick;

    3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
    ‹césped/pasto› to mow;
    ‹ seto› to cut;
    ‹ rosal› to cut back;
    ‹ texto› to cut down
    4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
    5 ( interrumpir)
    a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

    ‹película/programa› to interrupt
    b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

    [ manifestantes] to block;

    6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
    ‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
    7 [ frío]:
    ◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

    verbo intransitivo
    1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
    2
    a) (Cin):

    ◊ ¡corten! cut!




    cortarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
    [llamada/gas] to get cut off;

    se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
    2

    ‹brazo/cara› to cut;

    b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;


    c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;


    d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

    3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
    4 [ leche] to curdle;
    [mayonesa/salsa] to separate
    5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
    corte sustantivo masculino
    1 ( en general) cut;

    corte de pelo haircut;
    corte a (la) navaja razor cut;
    un corte de luz a power cut;
    tuvimos varios cortes de agua the water was cut off several times;
    corte de digestión stomach cramp;
    corte publicitario (RPl) commercial break
    2


    ◊ un traje de buen corte a well-made o well-cut suit;

    corte y confección dressmaking
    3 (Esp fam) ( vergüenza) embarrassment;

    ¡qué corte! how embarrassing!
    4 (RPl fam) ( atención):

    ■ sustantivo femenino

    b) (esp AmL) (Der) Court of Appeal;


    c)

    ◊ las Cortes sustantivo femenino plural (Pol) ( en Esp) Parliament, the legislative assembly

    cortar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to cut
    (un árbol) to cut down
    (el césped) to mow
    2 (amputar) to cut off
    3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
    4 (impedir el paso) to block
    5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (partir) to cut
    2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
    3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
    corte 1 sustantivo masculino
    1 cut
    corte de pelo, haircut
    2 (interrupción de suministro eléctrico) power cut
    (de agua) es el segundo corte de agua en una semana, the water has been cut off twice this week
    3 Cost cut
    corte y confección, dressmaking
    4 (sección) section
    5 familiar (respuesta ingeniosa) rebuff: le dio un corte estupendo a ese engreído, she really put that bighead in his place
    6 (estilo) style
    7 corte de digestión, stomach cramp
    corte de mangas, GB V-sign
    TV corte publicitario, commercial break
    corte transversal, cross section
    corte 2 sustantivo femenino
    1 (residencia y compañía real) court
    2 Las Cortes, (Spanish) Parliament sing
    ♦ Locuciones: hacerle la corte a alguien, to court sb
    ' corte' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comer
    - decir
    - ir
    - Tajo
    - trasquiladura
    - villa
    - abertura
    - cortar
    - endurecer
    - filete
    - me
    - melena
    - practicar
    - sección
    - tajo
    - transversal
    - vidrio
    English:
    brownout
    - court
    - crew cut
    - crop
    - cut
    - gash
    - hack
    - haircut
    - length
    - notch
    - ragged
    - section
    - severance
    - slit
    - snip
    - trim
    - V
    - V-sign
    - cross
    - hair
    - layer
    - line
    - myself
    - nick
    - shut
    - sirloin
    - slash
    - supreme
    - wire
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [raja] cut;
    [en pantalones, camisa] tear;
    tiene un corte en la mano she has cut her hand;
    corte y confección [para mujeres] dressmaking; [para hombres] tailoring;
    corte de pelo haircut
    2. [retal de tela] length
    3. [interrupción]
    mañana habrá corte de agua de nueve a diez the water will be cut off tomorrow between nine and ten;
    la sequía ha obligado a imponer cortes de agua the drought has forced the authorities to cut off the water supply for a number of hours each day;
    corte de corriente o [m5] luz power cut
    corte de digestión stomach cramps
    4. [sección] section;
    corte longitudinal lengthways section, Espec longitudinal section;
    corte transversal cross-section
    5. [concepción, estilo] style;
    una chaqueta de corte clásico a jacket with a classic cut;
    una novela de corte fantástico a novel with an air of fantasy about it;
    un gobierno de corte autoritario a government with authoritarian tendencies
    6. [pausa] break
    corte publicitario commercial break
    7. Esp [filo] (cutting) edge;
    este corte está muy afilado this blade is very sharp
    8. [en golf] cut;
    meterse en o [m5] pasar el corte to make the cut
    9. [en ciclismo] breakaway (group);
    meterse en el corte to join the breakaway group
    10. [helado] Br wafer, US ice-cream sandwich
    11. [en baraja] cut
    12. Am [reducción] cut, cutback
    corte presupuestario budget cut;
    corte salarial wage o pay cut
    13. Cine [por la censura] cut
    14. Fam [vergüenza] embarrassment;
    me da corte decírselo I feel embarrassed to tell him;
    ¡qué corte tener que hablar con ella! how embarrassing having to talk to her!
    15. Fam [respuesta ingeniosa] put-down;
    dar o [m5] pegar un corte a alguien to cut sb dead;
    le di un buen corte y dejó de molestarme my put-down made him stop annoying me
    16. corte de mangas = obscene gesture involving raising one arm with a clenched fist and placing one's other hand in the crook of one's elbow;
    hacer un corte de mangas a alguien Br ≈ to stick two fingers up at sb, US ≈ to flip sb the bird
    17. Fam [de disco] track
    ♦ nf
    1. [del rey] court;
    la corte celestial the Heavenly Host
    2. [galanteo]
    3. [comitiva] entourage, retinue;
    vino el ministro con toda su corte the minister arrived with his entourage
    4. Esp
    las Cortes (Generales) [cámara legislativa] the Spanish parliament
    Cortes Constituyentes constituent assembly
    5. esp Am [tribunal] court
    Corte Penal Internacional International Criminal Court;
    * * *
    1 m
    2
    :
    me da corte fam I’m embarrassed
    3
    :
    hacerle un corte de mangas a alguien fam give s.o. the finger fam
    2 f
    1 real court;
    2 L.Am.
    JUR (law) court
    3
    :
    las Cortes Spanish parliament
    * * *
    corte nm
    1) : cut, cutting
    corte de pelo: haircut
    2) : style, fit
    corte nf
    1) : court
    corte suprema: supreme court
    2)
    hacer la corte a : to court, to woo
    * * *
    2. (realeza) court
    dar/pegar un corte a alguien to put somebody down [pt. & pp.> put]

    Spanish-English dictionary > corte

  • 12 राजन् _rājan

    राजन् m. [राज्-कनिन् रञ्जयति रञ्ज्-कनिन् नि ˚ वा Uṇ.1.145] A king, ruler, prince, chief (changed to राजः at the end of Tat. comp.); वङ्गराजः, महाराजः &c.; तथैव सो$भूदन्वर्थो राजा प्रकृतिरञ्जनात् R.4.12; पित्रा न रञ्जितास्तस्य प्रजास्तेनानु- रञ्जिताः । अनुरागात्ततस्तस्य नाम राजेत्यभाषत ॥ V. P.
    -2 A man of the military casts; a Kṣatriya; Śi 14.14.
    -3 N. of Yudhiṣṭhira.
    -4 N. of Indra.
    -5 The moon; राजप्रियाः कैरविण्यो रमन्ते मधुपैःसह Bv.1.126.
    -6 Lord, master.
    -7 N. of Pṛithu.
    -8 A Yakṣa; तं राजराजानु- चरो$स्य साक्षात् Ki.3.3.
    -9 The Soma plant; ऐन्द्रश्च विधिवद्दत्तो राजा चाभिषुतो$नघः Rām.1.14.6; Bṛi. Up.1.3. 24.
    -Comp. -अग्निः wrath of a king.
    -अङ्गनम् a royal court, the court-yard of a palace.
    -अदनः 1 the Piyāla tree.
    -2 The seed of the tree Chirongia Sapida; राजादनं कन्दरालम् Śiva B.3.15.
    -अधिकारिन्, -अधिकृतः 1 a government officer or official.
    -2 a judge.
    -अधिराजः, -इन्द्रः a king of kings, a supreme king, paramount sovereign, an emperor.
    -अधिष्ठानम् the capital of a king, metropolis.
    -अध्वन् m. a principal or royal road, main street, highway.
    -अनकः 1 an inferior king, a petty prince.
    -2 a title of respect for- merly given to distinguished scholars and poets.
    -अन्नम् 1 rice grown in Āndhra.
    -2 food obtain- ed from a king; राजान्नं तेज आदत्ते Ms.4.218.
    -अपसदः an unworthy or degraded king.
    -अभिषेकः coronation of a king.
    -अम्लः a kind of vegetable plant; Rumex Vesicarius (Mar. चुका).
    -अर्कः Calotropis Gigantea (मन्दार; Mar. रुई).
    -अर्हम् 1 aloewood, a spe- cies of sandal.
    -2 a kind of rice (राजान्न).
    -अर्हणम् a royal gift of honour.
    -अहिः a large snake (having two mouths).
    -आज्ञा a king's edict, an ordinance, a royal decree.
    -आभरणम् a king's ornament.
    -आम्रः a superior kind of mango.
    -आवर्तः a diamond of an in- ferior quality.
    -2 a diamond from Virāṭa country.
    -आवलिः, -ली a royal dynasty or genealogy.
    -आसनम् a throne.
    -आसन्दी Ved. a stand on which the Soma is placed.
    -इन्दुः an excellent king; दिलीप इति राजेन्दुरिन्दुः क्षीरनिधाविव R.1.12.
    -इष्टः a kind of onion. (
    -ष्टम्) = राजान्न q. v.
    -उपकरणम् (pl.) the paraphernalia of a king, the insignia of royalty.
    -उपसेवा royal service; Ms.3.64.
    -ऋषिः (
    राजऋषिः or
    राजर्षिः) a royal sage, a saint-like prince, a man of the Kṣatriya caste who, by his pious life and austere devotion, comes to be regarded as a sage or riṣi; e. g. पुरूरवस्, जनक, विश्वामित्र.
    -कन्या, -कन्यका a princess.
    -करः a tax or tribute paid to the king.
    -करणम् a law-court.
    -कर्णः an ele- phant's tusk.
    -कर्तृ m. a person who assists at a corona- tion; समेत्य राजकर्तारः सभामीयुर्द्विजातयः Rām.2.67.2.
    -कर्मन् n.
    1 the duty of a king.
    -2 royal service; cf. Ms.7.125.
    -कला a crescent of the moon (the 16th part of the moon's disc).
    -कलिः a bad king; cf. अशरण्यः प्रजानां यः स राजा कलिरुच्यते Mb.12.12.29.
    -कार्यम्, -कृत्यम् 1 state-affairs.
    -2 royal command.
    -कुमारः a prince.
    -कुलम् 1 a royal family, a king's family; अग्निरापः स्त्रियो मूर्खः सर्पो राजकुलानि च H.; नदीनां शस्त्रपाणीनां नखिनां शृङ्गिणां तथा । विश्वासो नैव कर्तव्यः स्त्रीषु राजकुलेषु च ॥ ibid.
    -2 the court of a king; आ दास्याः पुत्रि राजकुलं <?>ल्येतत् Nāg.3.12/13.
    -3 a court of justice; (राजकुले कथ् or निविद् caus. means 'to sue one in a court of law, lodge a complaint against).
    -4 a royal palace.
    -5 a king, master (as a respectful mode of speaking).
    -6 a royal servant; बध्नन्ति घ्नन्ति लुम्पन्ति दृप्तं राजकुलानि वै Bhāg. 1.41.36.
    -कोशनिघण्टुः also
    -व्यवहारकोशः N. of a dictionary in Shivaji's time compiled by his minister Raghunātha Paṇḍita.
    -क्षवकः a kind of mustard.
    -गामिन् 1 a. escheating to the sovereign (as the property of a person having no heir).
    -2 brought before the king (as slander); Ms.11.55.
    -गिरिः N. of a mountain in Magadha.
    -गुरुः a royal counsellor.
    -गुह्यम् a royal mystery; राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् Bg.9.2.
    -गृहम् 1 a royal dwelling, royal palace.
    -2 N. of a chief city in Magadha (about 75 or 8 miles from Pāṭali- putra).
    -ग्रीवः a kind of fish.
    -घ a. sharp, hot. (
    -घः) a king-killer, regicide.
    -चिह्नम् 1 insignia of royalty, regalia.
    -2 the stamp on a coin.
    -चिह्नकम् the organ of generation (उपस्थ).
    -जक्ष्मन् = राजयक्ष्मन् q. v.
    -तरङ्गिणी N. of a celebrated historical poem treating of the kings of Kāśmīra by Kalhaṇa.
    -तरुः the कर्णि- कार tree,
    -तालः, ताली the betel-nut tree; राजतालीवनध्वनिः R.
    -दण्डः 1 a king's sceptre.
    -2 royal authority.
    -3 punishment inflicted by a king.
    -4 fine payable to a king.
    -दन्तः (for दन्तानां राजा) the front tooth; राजौ द्विजानामिह राजदन्ताः N.7.46; 'राजन्ते सुतनोर्मनोरमतमास्ते राज- दन्ताः पुरः' (शृङ्गारधनदशतकम् 67).
    -दूतः a king's ambas- sador, an envoy.
    -दृशद् f. the larger or lower mill- stone.
    -देयम्, -भागम् the royal claim, tax; न वृत्त्या परितुष्यन्ति राजदेयं हरन्ति च Mb.12.56.59.
    -दौवारिकः 1 = राजद्वारिकः q. v.
    -2 a royal messenger; Hch.4.
    -द्रोहः high treason, sedition, rebellion.
    -द्रोहिन् m. a traitor.
    -द्वार् f.,
    -द्वारम् the gate of royal palace; राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः Subhāṣ.
    -द्वारिकः a royal porter.
    -धर्मः 1 a king's duty.
    -2 a law or rule relating to kings (oft. in pl.).
    -धानम्, -धानकम्, -धानिका, -धानी the king's residence, the capital, metropolis, the seat of government; तौ दम्पती स्वां प्रति राजधानीं (प्रस्थापयामास) R.2.7.
    -धान्यम् Panicum Frumentaceum (Mar. सांवा).
    -धामन् n. a royal palace.
    -धुर् f.,
    -धुरा the burden or responsibility of government.
    -नयः, -नीतिः f. admini- stration of a state, administration of government, poli- tics, statesmanship.
    -नामन् m. Trichosanthes Dioeca (Mar. पडवळ).
    -नारायणः (in music) a kind of measure.
    -निघण्टुः N. of a dictionary of Materia Me- dica.
    -नीलम् an emerald.
    -पट्टः 1 a diamond of inferior quality.
    -2 a royal fillet.
    -पट्टिका f. the Chātaka bird.
    -पदम् royalty, sovereignty.
    -पथः, -पद्धतिः f. =
    राजमार्ग q. v.
    -पिण्डः the maintenance given by a king; अवश्यं राजपिण्डस्तैर्निवेश्य इति मे मतिः Mb.3.36.16.
    -पिण्डा a species of date.
    -पुंस् m. a royal servant.
    -पुत्रः 1 a prince.
    -2 a Kṣatriya, a man of the military tribe.
    -3 the planet Mercury.
    -4 N. of a mixed caste.
    -5 a Rajpoot.
    -5 A kind of mango.
    -पुत्रिका 1 a kind of bird.
    -2 Princess.
    -पुत्री 1 a princess.
    -2 a female of the Rajpoota tribe.
    -3 N. of several plants:-- जाती, मालती, कटुतुम्बी &c.
    -4 a kind of perfume (रेणुका).
    -5 a musk rat.
    -6 a kind of metal; also राजपत्नी.
    -पुरम् a royal city.
    -पुरुषः 1 a king's servant.
    -2 a minister.
    -पुष्पः the नागकेसर tree.
    -पूगः a kind of Areca-nut palm; Bhāg.4.6.17.
    -पौरुषिकः a royal servant; Mb.13.126.24.
    -प्रकृतिः a king's minister.
    -प्रसादः royal favour.
    -प्रेष्यः a king's servant. (
    -ष्यम्) royal service (more correctly राजप्रैष्य).
    -फणिञ्झकः an orange tree.
    -वदरम् salt.
    -बीजिन्, -वंश्य a. a scion of royalty, of royal descent.
    -भट्टिका a species of water-fowl.
    -भृतः a king's soldier.
    -भृत्यः 1 a royal servant or minister.
    -2 any public or govern- ment officer.
    -भोगः a king's meal, royal repast.
    -भोग्यम् nutmeg.
    -भौतः a king's fool or jester.
    -मणिः a royal gem.
    -मन्त्रधरः, -मन्त्रिन् m. a king's counsellor.
    -महिषी the chief queen.
    -मार्गः 1 a highway, high road, a royal or main road, principal street.
    -2 the way, me- thod or procedure of kings.
    -मार्तण्डः, -मृगाङ्कः (in music) a kind of measure.
    -माषः a kind of bean.
    -मुद्रा the royal seal.
    -यक्ष्मः, -यक्ष्मन् m. 'consumption of the moon', pulmonary consumption, consumption in general; राजयक्ष्मपरिहानिराययौ कामयानसमवस्थया तुलाम् R.19.5; राजयक्ष्मेव रोगाणां समूहः स महीभृताम् Śi.2.96; (for explana- tion of the word see Malli. thereon, as well as on Śi. 13.29).
    -यानम् a royal vehicle, a palanouin.
    -युध्वन् m.
    1 a king's soldier.
    -2 one who fights with a king; P.III.2.95.
    -योगः 1 a configuration of planets, asterisms &c. at the birth of a man which indicates that he is destined to be a king.
    -2 an easy mode of religious meditation (fit for kings to practise), as dis- tinguished form the more rigorous one called हठयोग q. v.
    -रङ्गम् silver.
    -राक्षसः a bad king.
    -राज् m.
    1 a supreme king.
    -2 the moon.
    -राजः 1 a supreme king, sovereign lord, an emperor.
    -2 N. of Kubera; अन्तर्बाष्प- श्चिरमनुचरो राजराजस्य दध्यौ Me.3.
    -3 the moon.
    -राज्यम् the state or dignity of Kubera; स्वर्लोके राजराज्येन सो$भि- षिच्येत भार्गव Mb.13.85.53.
    -रीतिः f. bell-metal.
    -लक्षणम् 1 any mark on a man's body indicating future royalty. royal insignia, regalia.
    -लक्ष्मन् n. royal insignia. (-m.) N. of Yudhiṣṭhira.
    -लक्ष्मीः, -श्रीः f. the fortune or pros- perity of a king (personified as a goddess), the glory or majesty of a king; स न्यस्तचिह्नामपि राजलक्ष्मीम् R.2.7.
    -लिङ्गम् a kingly mark.
    -लेखः a royal edict.
    -लोकः a. collection of princes or kings.
    -वंशः a dynasty of kings.
    -वंशावली genealogy of kings, royal pedigree.
    -वर्चसम् kingly rank or dignity.
    -वर्तः cloth of various colours.
    -वल्लभः 1 a king's favourite.
    -2 a kind of mango.
    -3 a kind of Jujube.
    -वसतिः 1 dwelling in a king's court.
    -2 a royal palace.
    -वाहः a horse.
    -वाह्यः a royal elephant.
    -विः the bluy jay.
    -विजयः (in music) a kind of Rāga.
    -विद्या 'royal policy', king- craft, state-policy, statesmanship; Bg.9.2; (cf. राजनय); so
    -राजशास्त्रम्; वीराश्च नियतोत्साहा राजशास्त्रमनुष्ठिताः Rām.1. 7.12.
    -विहारः a royal convent.
    -वृक्षः the tree Cassia Fistula; गुच्छैः कृतच्छविरराजत राजवृक्षः Rām. Ch.5.9.
    -वृत्तम् the conduct or occupation of a king; (कच्चित्) प्रजाः पालयसे राजन् राजवृत्तेन धार्मिक Rām.1.52.7.
    -वृत्तिः the works of a king; प्रत्यक्षाप्रत्यक्षानुमेया हि राजवृत्तिः Kau. A.1.9.
    -शफरः a Hilsā fish; L. D. B.
    -शासनम् a royal edict; दिवा चरेयुः कार्यार्थं चिह्निता राजशासनैः Ms.1.55.
    -शृङ्गम् a royal umbrella with a golden handle.
    -शेखरः N. of a poet.
    -संसद् f.,
    -सभा f. a court of justice.
    -सदनम् a palace.
    -सर्पः a kind of snake-devouring snake.
    -सर्षपः black mustard (the seed used as a weight; त्रसरेणवो$ष्टौ विज्ञेया लिक्षैका परिमाणतः । ता राजसर्षपस्तिस्रस्ते त्रयो गौरसर्षपः ॥ Ms.8.133).
    -सायुज्यम् sovereignty.
    -सारसः a peacock.
    -सूयः, -यम् 1 a great sacrifice performed by a universal monarch (in which the tributary princes also took part) at the time of his coronation as a mark of his undisputed sovereignty; राजा वै राजसूयेनेष्ट्वा भवति Śat Br.; cf. सम्राट् also; राजा तत्र सूयते तस्माद् राजसूयः । राज्ञो वा यज्ञो राजसूयः ŚB. on MS.4.4.1.
    -2 a lotus.
    -3 a mountain.
    - सौधः a king's palace.
    -स्कन्धः a horse.
    -स्थानाधिकारः Viceroyalty.
    -स्थानीयः a viceroy, governor.
    -स्वम् 1 royal property; राजस्वं श्रोत्रियस्वं च न भोगेन प्रणश्यति Ms.8.149.
    -2 tribute, revenue.
    -स्वर्णः a kind of thorn-apple.
    -स्वामिन् m. N. of Viṣṇu.
    -हंसः a flamingo (a sort of white goose with red legs and bill); संपत्स्यन्ते नभसि भवतो राजहंसाः सहायाः Me.11; कूजितं राजहंसानां नेदं नूपुरशिञ्जितम् V.
    -हत्या regicide.
    -हस्तिन् m. a royal elephant, i. e. a lordly and handsome elephant.
    -हासकः a kind of fish; L. D. B.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > राजन् _rājan

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    резкий отворот от линии курса
    breakaway manoeuvre
    резкий порыв
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    2. sharp gust резкий порыв ветра
    onset of wind
    резкий разворот на земле
    ground loop
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    bounced landing
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  • 14 резко

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    резкий отворот от линии курса
    breakaway manoeuvre
    резкий порыв
    1. onset
    2. sharp gust резкий порыв ветра
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    ground loop
    резкое вертикальное перемещение при посадке
    bounced landing
    резкое кабрирование
    abrupt pullup
    резкое отклонение
    kick
    резкое снижение
    falloff
    резкое торможение
    hard braking
    резкое увеличение оборотов
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    резко отклоняться
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    способ резкого снижения
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