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  • 1 extenderse

    1 (durar) to extend, last
    ■ el periodo que estudiaremos se extiende entre los siglos XVIII y XIX the period we're going to study goes from the 18th century to the 19th century
    2 (terreno) to stretch
    3 figurado (difundirse) to spread, extend
    4 figurado (al hablar) to enlarge, expand, go into detail
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    VPR
    1) (=propagarse) [tumor, rumor, revolución] to spread (a to)
    2) (=ocupar un espacio) [terreno, cultivo] to stretch, extend; [especie, raza] to extend
    3) (=durar) to last

    el período que se extiende desde principios de siglo hasta los años veinte — the period lasting from the beginning of the century up to the 1920s

    4) (=explayarse)

    extenderse en o sobre — [+ tema, comentarios, respuestas] to expand on

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    (v.) = spread (over/throughout), gain + currency, spread over, take off, catch on, ricochet, sweep through, sprawl
    Ex. This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex. It seems that around this late period of the seventeenth century this usage was beginning to gain currency.
    Ex. Files will have to be spread over two or more disks, and it may not be convenient to divide the file in this way.
    Ex. But at some stage they are going to take off and public librarians will need to be ready to stake their claim to be the most appropriate people to collect and organize local community information.
    Ex. These new technologies are advancing rapidly in Japan and are likely to catch on quickly in other countries.
    Ex. The subsequent changes that threaten to ricochet through the higher education sector can be described as evolutionary.
    Ex. A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
    Ex. Atlanta, too, has been sprawling outward, with three suburban counties making the nation's top 10 list for fastest rate of population growth.
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    (v.) = spread (over/throughout), gain + currency, spread over, take off, catch on, ricochet, sweep through, sprawl

    Ex: This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.

    Ex: It seems that around this late period of the seventeenth century this usage was beginning to gain currency.
    Ex: Files will have to be spread over two or more disks, and it may not be convenient to divide the file in this way.
    Ex: But at some stage they are going to take off and public librarians will need to be ready to stake their claim to be the most appropriate people to collect and organize local community information.
    Ex: These new technologies are advancing rapidly in Japan and are likely to catch on quickly in other countries.
    Ex: The subsequent changes that threaten to ricochet through the higher education sector can be described as evolutionary.
    Ex: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
    Ex: Atlanta, too, has been sprawling outward, with three suburban counties making the nation's top 10 list for fastest rate of population growth.

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    ■extenderse verbo reflexivo
    1 (en el tiempo) to extend, last
    2 (en el espacio) to spread out, stretch
    3 (divulgarse) to spread, extend
    4 (hablar mucho tiempo) to go on
    ' extenderse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cundir
    - seguir
    - extender
    - ir
    - lado
    English:
    currency
    - enlarge
    - extend
    - fire
    - lie
    - open out
    - permeate
    - range
    - reach
    - set in
    - sprawl
    - spread
    - stretch
    - stretch out
    - sweep
    - tail back
    - unfold
    - span
    - spill
    - wild
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    vpr
    1. [ocupar]
    extenderse hasta to go as far as;
    extenderse por to stretch o extend across;
    sus tierras se extienden hasta la carretera/por todo el valle his property extends as far as the main road/all the way along the valley
    2. [durar] to extend, to last;
    su etapa de gobierno se extiende desde 1986 a 1994 her period of office extended o lasted from 1986 to 1994
    3. [difundirse] to spread ( por across);
    el incendio se extendió por el bosque the fire spread through the forest;
    el virus se extendió rápidamente por Internet the virus spread quickly over the Internet;
    pon servilletas para que no se extienda la mancha put some paper napkins down so the stain doesn't spread;
    la costumbre se ha extendido a otras zonas del país the custom has spread to other parts of the country
    4. [hablar mucho] to enlarge, to expand (en on);
    no quisiera extenderme más I prefer not to say any more than that
    5. [tenderse] to stretch out
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    v/r
    1 de campos stretch
    2 de influencia extend
    3 ( difundirse) spread
    4 ( durar) last
    5 ( explayarse) go into detail
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    vr
    1) : to spread
    2) : to last
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    1. (ampliarse, difundirse) to spread [pt. & pp. spread]
    2. (en el tiempo) to last
    3. (terreno) to stretch

    Spanish-English dictionary > extenderse

  • 2 propagarse

    VPR
    1) [ideas, rumores, enfermedad, incendio] to spread
    2) (Bio) to propagate
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    (v.) = percolate, sweep through
    Ex. A culture of violence and hatred seems to have percolated through the corridors of the institutions of learning particularly schools.
    Ex. A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
    * * *
    (v.) = percolate, sweep through

    Ex: A culture of violence and hatred seems to have percolated through the corridors of the institutions of learning particularly schools.

    Ex: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.

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    ■propagarse verbo reflexivo to spread: el fuego se propagó por toda la comarca, the fire spread throughout the region
    ' propagarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    propagar
    English:
    spread
    - travel
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    vpr
    1. [extenderse, divulgarse] to spread;
    la noticia se propagó rápidamente the news spread quickly;
    el incendio se propagó de forma incontrolada the fire spread uncontrollably
    2. [especies, ondas] to propagate
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    v/r spread
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    vr
    * * *
    propagarse vb to spread [pt. & pp. spread]

    Spanish-English dictionary > propagarse

  • 3 групповой искатель отыскивает выход к свободному искателю следующей ступени и останавливается на свободном выходе

    Makarov: selector rotates across the horizontal terminals until it finds an idle terminal leading to the next selector, selector sweeps through the horizontal terminals until it finds an idle terminal leading to the next selector, the selector rotates across the horizontal terminals until it finds an idle terminal leading to the next selector, the selector sweeps through the horizontal terminals until it finds an idle terminal leading to the next selector

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > групповой искатель отыскивает выход к свободному искателю следующей ступени и останавливается на свободном выходе

  • 4 cientos

    (n.) = oodles, scores
    Ex. This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.
    Ex. A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
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    (n.) = oodles, scores

    Ex: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.

    Ex: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cientos

  • 5 montones

    m.pl.
    whole lots, a great deal, great quantity, great quantities.
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    (n.) = oodles, scores
    Ex. This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.
    Ex. A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
    * * *
    (n.) = oodles, scores

    Ex: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.

    Ex: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montones

  • 6 sembrar el pánico

    figurado to spread panic
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    (v.) = spread + panic, sow + panic
    Ex. Their latest weapon of choice is poisonous chlorine gas, which they use in bomb explosions to cause more casualties and spread panic.
    Ex. A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.
    * * *
    (v.) = spread + panic, sow + panic

    Ex: Their latest weapon of choice is poisonous chlorine gas, which they use in bomb explosions to cause more casualties and spread panic.

    Ex: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sembrar el pánico

  • 7 искатель

    finder, detecting head, locator, selector, selector switch, switch
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    иска́тель м.
    1. астр. finder
    2. тлф. finder, selector
    иска́тель приво́дится в свобо́дное враща́тельное движе́ние — the finder [selector] hunts for …
    управле́ние иска́телями — control of selection
    иска́тель вы́зова тлф. — брит. call finder; амер. finder switch, line finder
    иска́тель вы́зова оты́скивает ли́нию вызыва́ющего абоне́нта — the line finder [finder switch] hunts for the calling line
    иска́тель вы́зова передвига́ет щё́тки до устано́вки на ламе́лях, в кото́рые включена́ ли́ния вызыва́ющего абоне́нта — the fingers of a line finder sweep through different lines and pause on the particular one where the user is calling
    группово́й иска́тель — selector
    группово́й иска́тель оты́скивает вы́ход к свобо́дному иска́телю сле́дующей ступе́ни и остана́вливается на свобо́дном вы́ходе — the selector rotates across [sweeps through] the horizontal terminals until it finds an idle terminal leading to the next selector
    группово́й иска́тель оты́скивает гру́ппу, соотве́тствующую на́бранной ци́фре — the selector steps up to the contact level corresponding to the dialled digit
    группово́й иска́тель транзи́тной свя́зи — tandem selector
    иска́тель жил ( кабеля) — wire finder
    лине́йный иска́тель — брит. final selector; амер. connector (switch)
    лине́йный иска́тель вы́нужденными подъё́мным и враща́тельным движе́ниями устана́вливает щё́тки на ламе́лях по́ля, куда́ включена́ ли́ния вызыва́емого абоне́нта — the dial pulses cause the connector switch to step up to the corresponding contact level and rotate the wiper to the terminal of the desired [called] user's line
    лине́йный, испыта́тельный иска́тель — test connector
    иска́тель маши́нной систе́мы — power-drive selector
    иска́тель междугоро́дных ли́ний — toll offering switch
    многокра́тный, координа́тный иска́тель — cross-bar switch
    иска́тель обра́тного де́йствия — reverse motion selector
    иска́тель поврежде́ний — fault finder, fault locator
    подъё́мно-враща́тельный иска́тель — two-motion [Strowger] switch
    иска́тель прямо́го де́йствия — direct-action finder, direct-action selector
    реле́йный иска́тель — all-relay finder, all-relay selector, relay unit, relay group
    иска́тель с вы́нужденным движе́нием — numerical-action switch
    иска́тель с двумя́ враща́тельными движе́ниями — two-motion (selector) switch, two-motion [Strowger] selector (switch), two-motion (selector) finder
    иска́тель с ко́свенным управле́нием — register-controlling selector
    иска́тель с одни́м враща́тельным движе́нием — single-dimensional step-by-step selector (switch), one-motion (selector) switch
    со́тенный иска́тель — hundreds selector
    иска́тель Стро́уджера — Strowger [two-motion] switch
    иска́тель те́чи — leak detector
    транзи́тный иска́тель — tandem selector
    ты́сячный иска́тель — thousands selector
    ша́говый иска́тель — step-by-step (selector) switch, bank-and-wiper switch
    ша́говый, враща́тельный иска́тель — one-motion [rotary] switch; брит. uniselector

    Русско-английский политехнический словарь > искатель

  • 8 zal|ać

    pf — zal|ewać impf (zaleję — zalewam) Ⅰ vt 1. (oblać) [osoba] zalać coś czymś to pour sth over sth
    - zalać owoce syropem/ogórki słoną wodą to pour syrup over the fruit/brine over the cucumbers
    - zalać ranę jodyną to pour iodine over a wound
    - zalać ogień to pour water over the flames
    2. (zatopić) [woda, rzeka] to flood [miasto, podłogę]
    - zalać łazienkę [osoba] to flood the bathroom
    - zalało nam piwnicę our basement flooded
    - powódź zalała całe miasto the entire city was flooded
    - miastu grozi zalanie the town is threatened by flooding
    - zalane tereny the flooded areas
    - fale zalewały pokład waves were sweeping over the deck
    - pot zalewał mu oczy sweat was pouring into his eyes
    - jej zalane łzami oczy her tear-filled eyes
    3. (zamoczyć) zalać coś czymś to spill sth over a. on sth
    - zalać sobie spodnie czerwonym winem to spill red wine over one’s trousers
    4. przen. (wystąpić na dużą skalę) [osoba, problemy] to flood
    - zalewać kogoś potokiem informacji to flood sb with information
    - miasto zalewa fala przestępczości a crime wave sweeps through the city
    - tanie towary zalewają rynek cheap goods are flooding the market
    - tłumy zalały plac the crowd spilled onto the square
    5. przen. (opanować) [uczucie] to flood
    - zalała ją fala wspomnień memories flooded her mind
    - żal zalał mu serce a feeling of sadness flooded (through) him
    6. przen. (oświetlić, zabarwić) to flood
    - słoneczny blask zalał pokój sunshine flooded (into) the room
    - rumieniec zalał mu twarz a blush flooded over his face
    7. Techn. (wypełnić) to fill [otwór, dziurę] (czymś with sth)
    - zalać otwory betonem to fill the holes with concrete
    8. Aut. to flood [silnik, gaźnik] 9 Techn. to prime [pompę] Ⅱ zalać się — zalewać się 1. (oblać się) zalać się herbatą/kawą to spill tea/coffee over a. on oneself 2. pot. (upić się) to get sloshed pot.
    - zalać się w pestkę a. w sztok a. w trupa to get completely sloshed
    3. (zacząć płakać, krwawić) zalać się łzami to break down in tears
    - zalał się krwią he had blood all over him
    ■ zalać pałę a. pałkę posp. to get pissed (up) GB posp.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zal|ać

  • 9 Kurve

    f; -, -n
    1. (Bogen, auch MATH. und grafischeKurve) curve; in großen Kurven fahren Skifahrer: ski in wide sweeps; in die Kurve gehen FLUG. start to turn; Querlage: bank; eine weite Kurve fliegen fly in a wide arc
    2. einer Straße etc.: bend, bes. Am. curve; scharfe: corner; allmähliche: curve; eine Kurve schneiden cut a corner; zu schnell in die Kurve gehen take a ( oder the) corner too fast; eine Kurve nach rechts / links machen Straße: bend to the right / left; die Kurve kratzen umg., fig. make a quick getaway; ich hab die Kurve nicht gekriegt umg., fig. I didn’t quite make it; sie hat gerade noch die Kurve gekriegt umg., fig. she just scraped by, she did it by the skin of her teeth
    3. Pl., umg., hum., einer Frau: curves
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    die Kurve
    curve; bend; turn; turning
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    Kur|ve ['kUrvə, 'kʊrfə]
    f -, -n
    (MATH inf = Körperrundung) curve; (= Biegung, Straßenkurve) bend; (an Kreuzung) corner; (von Geschoss) trajectory; (statistisch, = Fieberkurve etc) graph

    die Straße macht eine Kurve — the road bends

    eine Kurve fliegen (Aviat) — to bank, to do a banking turn

    die Kurve kriegen (inf) (mit Auto etc) — to make the corner; (fig) to make it, to manage it

    die Kurve nicht kriegen (inf) (mit Auto etc) — not to make the corner; (fig) not to get round to it

    * * *
    die
    1) (a line which is not straight at any point, like part of the edge of a circle.) curve
    2) (anything shaped like this: a curve in the road.) curve
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    Kur·ve
    <-, -n>
    [ˈkʊrvə]
    f
    1. TRANSP bend
    aus der \Kurve fliegen (fam) to leave the road on the bend
    sich akk in die \Kurve legen to lean into the bend
    eine \Kurve machen to bend
    die Straße macht eine scharfe \Kurve the road bends sharply
    die \Kurve schneiden to cut the corner
    2. (gekrümmte Linie) curve
    die Temperatur wird in einer \Kurve aufgezeichnet the temperature is recorded in a curve
    3. pl (fam: Körperrundung) curves pl
    du darfst nicht nur auf ihre \Kurven schauen, sie hat doch auch andere Qualitäten you shouldn't just look at her curves, she has other qualities too
    4.
    ▶ die \Kurve kratzen (fam) to clear off
    ▶ die \Kurve kriegen (fam) to get around to doing sth
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    die; Kurve, Kurven
    1) (einer Straße) bend; curve

    die Straße macht eine [scharfe] Kurve — the road bends or curves [sharply]

    die Kurve kratzen — (ugs.) quickly make oneself scarce (coll.)

    die Kurve kriegen — (ugs.) manage to do it; (etwas überwinden) manage to do something decisive about it

    2) (Geom.) curve
    3) (in der Statistik, TemperaturKurve usw.) graph; curve
    4) (Bogenlinie) curve
    5) Plural (ugs.): (Körperformen) curves
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    Kurve f; -, -n
    1. (Bogen, auch MATH und grafische Kurve) curve;
    in die Kurve gehen FLUG start to turn; Querlage: bank;
    eine weite Kurve fliegen fly in a wide arc
    2. einer Straße etc: bend, besonders US curve; scharfe: corner; allmähliche: curve;
    eine Kurve schneiden cut a corner;
    zu schnell in die Kurve gehen take a ( oder the) corner too fast;
    eine Kurve nach rechts/links machen Straße: bend to the right/left;
    die Kurve kratzen umg, fig make a quick getaway;
    ich hab die Kurve nicht gekriegt umg, fig I didn’t quite make it;
    sie hat gerade noch die Kurve gekriegt umg, fig she just scraped by, she did it by the skin of her teeth
    3. pl, umg, hum, einer Frau: curves
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    die; Kurve, Kurven
    1) (einer Straße) bend; curve

    die Straße macht eine [scharfe] Kurve — the road bends or curves [sharply]

    die Kurve kratzen — (ugs.) quickly make oneself scarce (coll.)

    die Kurve kriegen — (ugs.) manage to do it; (etwas überwinden) manage to do something decisive about it

    2) (Geom.) curve
    3) (in der Statistik, TemperaturKurve usw.) graph; curve
    4) (Bogenlinie) curve
    5) Plural (ugs.): (Körperformen) curves
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    -n (Mathematik) f.
    curve n. -n f.
    bend n.
    curve n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Kurve

  • 10 barrer

    v.
    1 to sweep.
    Betty barre la acera Betty sweeps the sidewalk.
    El Sr. Fuss barrió las elecciones Mr. Fuss swept the elections.
    2 to sweep away.
    el huracán barrió todo a su paso the hurricane destroyed everything in its path
    3 to scan (computing & medicine).
    El grupo barrió la zona buscándolo The group scanned the zone searching it
    4 to thrash, to annihilate (informal) (to defeat).
    5 to look up and down.
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    1 (suelo) to sweep; (hojas, migas, etc) to sweep up
    2 (dejar sin nada) to clean out
    3 (limpiar) to sweep away
    4 (derrotar) to trounce, wipe the floor with
    1 (arrasar) to sweep the board
    \
    barrer hacia dentro to look after number one
    barrer para casa to look out for one's own interests
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    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [con escoba] to sweep; [+ suelo] to sweep, sweep clean; [+ habitación] to sweep (out); [+ objeto] to sweep aside, sweep away
    2) (Mil, Náut) to sweep o rake ( with gunfire)
    3) (=eliminar) [+ obstáculo] to sweep aside, sweep away; [+ rival] to sweep aside, overwhelm; [+ dudas] to sweep aside, dispel
    2. VI
    1) (=con escoba) to sweep up
    2) (=llevarse)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <suelo/cocina> to sweep
    2)
    a) ( arrastrar) to sweep away
    b) < rival> to thrash, trounce
    3) (Méx) ( mirar) to look... up and down
    2.
    barrer vi
    1) ( con escoba) to sweep
    3.
    barrerse v pron (Méx)
    a) vehículo to skid
    b) (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <suelo/cocina> to sweep
    2)
    a) ( arrastrar) to sweep away
    b) < rival> to thrash, trounce
    3) (Méx) ( mirar) to look... up and down
    2.
    barrer vi
    1) ( con escoba) to sweep
    3.
    barrerse v pron (Méx)
    a) vehículo to skid
    b) (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
    * * *
    barrer1
    1 = sweep, sweep up.

    Ex: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.

    Ex: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.
    * barrer hacia dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
    * barrer para casa = look after + number one, feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
    * barrer para dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
    * barrido por el viento = windswept.

    barrer2
    2 = sweep + Nombre + off, trounce.

    Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

    Ex: Defending champions Japan fought back from 1-0 behind to trounce Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals.

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    barrer [E1 ]
    vt
    A ‹suelo/patio/cocina› to sweep
    el viento que barría las llanuras the wind that was sweeping across the plains
    B
    1
    (arrastrar): el viento barrió las nubes the wind swept away the clouds
    un golpe de mar lo barrió de la cubierta a large wave swept him off the deck
    2 ‹rival› to thrash, trounce, wipe the floor with ( colloq)
    C ( Méx) (mirar) to look … up and down
    ■ barrer
    vi
    A (con una escoba) to sweep
    barrer para dentro ( fam); to put oneself first, look after number one ( colloq)
    B
    1 (arrasar) to sweep the board
    barrieron en las últimas elecciones they swept the board in the last elections
    ayer barrió al póquer he cleaned up at poker yesterday ( colloq)
    barrió en la primera etapa he swept to victory on the first stage
    barrer CON algo:
    los vídeos han barrido con la venta de entradas videos have drastically reduced ticket sales
    los ladrones barrieron con todo the thieves cleaned the place out ( colloq)
    2 barrer CON algn ‹con un rival› to thrash o trounce sb, wipe the floor with sb ( colloq); ‹con un enemigo› to wipe sb out
    A ( Méx)
    1 «vehículo» to skid
    2 (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
    B
    ( Méx) «tornillo/engranaje»: se me barrió el tornillo I've stripped the thread on the screw, the thread has gone on the screw
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    barrer ( conjugate barrer) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹suelo/cocina› to sweep
    2


    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( con escoba) to sweep
    2 ( arrasar) [equipo/candidato] to sweep to victory;
    barrer con algo ‹con premios/medallas› to walk off with sth;

    barrió con todos los premios she walked off with all the prizes
    barrerse verbo pronominal (Méx) [ vehículo] to skid;
    (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
    barrer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to sweep: hace una semana que no barro el salón, I haven't swept the living room for a week
    el anticiclón está barriendo el norte, the anticyclone is sweping through the North
    2 (destruir, rechazar) to sweep away
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (en una votación) to win by a landslide: el partido conservador barrió en las regiones del norte, the conservatives won by a landslide in the North
    2 (acaparar, agotar las existencias) to take away: los clientes barrieron con las ofertas, the customers snapped up the bargains
    ♦ Locuciones: barrer para casa, to look after number one
    ' barrer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escalera
    - mandar
    - escoba
    English:
    nest
    - rake
    - sweep
    - sweep away
    - sweep up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [con escoba] to sweep
    2. [sujeto: viento, olas] to sweep away;
    el huracán barrió todo a su paso the hurricane destroyed everything in its path
    3. [con escáner] to scan
    4. [con la vista] to scan
    5. [llevarse]
    los ladrones barrieron la casa the thieves cleaned out the house;
    el público barrió su última novela the public snapped up every last copy of his latest novel
    6. Fam [derrotar] to thrash, to annihilate
    ♦ vi
    1. [con escoba] to sweep;
    barrer para adentro o [m5] casa to look after number one;
    ese árbitro siempre barre para casa that referee always favours the home team
    2. [llevarse]
    barrer con: los invitados barrieron con todas las bebidas the guests made short work of the drink;
    el público barrió con su última novela the public snapped up every last copy of his latest novel
    3. Fam [arrasar] to sweep the board;
    el candidato oficial barrió en las urnas the government candidate swept the board in the election;
    el atleta keniata barrió en la final the Kenyan athlete trounced his rivals o Br walked it in the final
    * * *
    v/t sweep;
    para casa look after number one;
    barrer algo bajo la alfombra fig sweep sth under the carpet
    * * *
    : to sweep
    * * *
    barrer vb to sweep [pt. & pp. swept]

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  • 11 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 12 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapta

  • 13 Hoover, William Henry

    [br]
    b. 1849 New Berlin (now North Canton), Ohio, USA
    d. 25 February 1932 North Canton, Ohio, USA
    [br]
    American founder of the Electric Suction Company, which manufactured and successfully marketed the first practical and portable suction vacuum cleaner.
    [br]
    Hoover was descended from a Swiss farming family called Hofer who emigrated from Basle and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the early eighteenth century. By 1832 the family had become tanners and lived near North Berlin in Ohio. In 1870 William Henry Hoover, who had studied at Mount Union College, bought the tannery with his brothers and soon expanded the business to make horse collars and saddlery. The firm expanded to become W.H.Hoover \& Co. In the early years of the first decade of the twentieth century, horses were beginning to be replaced by the internal combustion engine, so Hoover needed a new direction for his firm. This he found in the suction vacuum cleaner devised in 1907 by J.Murray Spangler, a cousin of Hoover's wife. The first successful cleaner of this type had been operating in England since 1901 (see Booth), but was not a portable model. Attracted by the development of the small electric motor, Spangler produced a vertical cleaner with such a motor that sucked the dust through the machine and blew it into a bag attached to the handle. Spangler applied for a patent for his invention on 14 September in the same year; it was granted for a carpet sweeper and cleaner on 2 June 1908, but Spangler was unable to market it himself and sold the rights to Hoover. The Model O machine, which ran on small wheels, was immediately manufactured and marketed. Hoover's model was the first electric, one-person-operated, domestic vacuum cleaner and was instantly successful, although the main expansion of the business was delayed for some time until the greater proportion of houses were wired for electricity. The Hoover slogan, "it beats as it sweeps as it cleans", came to be true in 1926 with the introduction of the Model 700, which was the first cleaner to offer triple-action cleaning, a process which beat, swept and sucked at the carpet. Further advances in the 1930s included the use of magnesium and the early plastics.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    G.Adamson, 1969, Machines at Home, Lutterworth Press.
    How it Works: The Universal Encyclopaedia of Machines, Paladin. D.Yarwood, 1981, The British Kitchen, Batsford, Ch. 6.
    DY

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