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1 string
1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) aukla; saite2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) šķiedra3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) stīga4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) virkne; virtene2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) uzvērt; savirknēt2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) uzvilkt stīgu/stiegru3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) attīrīt pākšu pupiņas4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) savērt; veidot virteni; piekārt (ar aukliņu)•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
- stringency* * *aukla, saite; stiegra; stīga; stīgu instrumenti; virtene, virkne; rinda, virkne; nosacījums; dzīsliņa, šķiedra; sasiet; savirknēt; uzvilkt stīgu; sasprindzināt; uzkārt, pakārt; apvest ap stūri, piekrāpt -
2 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) paklanīties; palocīties; palocīt galvu (sveicienam; izrādot piekrišanu); []liekt; liekties2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) izjust dziļu cieņu; noliekties (godbijībā)2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) palocīšanās; paklanīšanās- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) (šaujamais) loks; stops2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) (vijoles) lociņš3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) sasieta lente2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) (kuģa) priekšgals* * *palocīšanās; priekšgals; arka, loks; stops, loks; lociņš; sasieta lente; varavīksne; saliekt, salocīt; liekt, locīt; liekties; paklanīties, palocīt, palocīties; zemoties; izjust dziļu cieņu -
3 crossbow
noun (a medieval type of bow fixed to a shaft with a mechanism for pulling back and releasing the string.) stops (ierocis)* * *stops
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