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  • 1 Fence

    subs.
    P. and V. ἕρκος, τό (Plat.), V. περιβολή, ἡ.
    Stockade: P. σταύρωμα, τό, χαράκωμα, τό.
    Sit on the fence—met., be a trimmer: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.
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    v. trans.
    Block up: P. and V. φράσσειν, P. ἐμφράσσειν.
    Fortify with a stockade: P. σταυροῦν, περισταυροῦν, ἀποσταυροῦν.
    Fence round an estate: P. χωρίον περιοικοδομεῖν ( Dem 1272).
    Fence off: P. ἀποφράσσειν, ἀπολαμβάνειν.
    Fence with ( a question): P. διακρούεσθαι (acc.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fence

  • 2 fence

    I 1. [fens] noun
    (a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire etc to stop people, animals etc moving on to or off a piece of land: The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.) φράχτης
    2. verb
    (to enclose (an area of land) with a fence eg to prevent people, animals etc from getting in: We fenced off the field.) περιφράζω
    II [fens] verb
    1) (to fight with (blunted) swords as a sport.) ξιφομαχώ
    2) (to avoid answering questions: He fenced with me for half an hour before I got the truth.) μασώ τα λόγια μου
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  • 3 vault

    [vo:lt] I noun
    1) ((a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling: the castle vaults.)
    2) (an underground room, especially for storing valuables: The thieves broke into the bank vaults.)
    3) (a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family: He was buried in the family vault.)
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    II 1. noun
    (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.)
    2. verb
    (to leap (over): He vaulted (over) the fence.)

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  • 4 hop

    I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb
    1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) πηδώ στο ένα πόδι
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) (χορο)πηδώ
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) πηδώ
    4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) πηδώ,πετάγομαι
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) πηδηματάκι στο ένα πόδι
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) πηδηματάκι
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    - catch someone on the hop
    - catch on the hop
    - keep someone on the hop
    - keep on the hop     II [hop] noun
    (a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) λοφίσκος

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  • 5 hole

    [həul] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) τρύπα
    2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) κοιλότητα,άνοιγμα
    3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) τρύπα (μέτρηση σκορ στο γκολφ)
    2. verb
    1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) τρυπώ
    2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) οδηγώ σε τρύπα
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  • 6 opening

    1) (a hole; a clear or open space: an opening in the fence/forest.) άνοιγμα,ξέφωτο
    2) (a beginning: the opening of the film; ( also adjective) the chairman's opening remarks.) έναρξη,εισαγωγικός,εναρκτήριος
    3) (the act of becoming or making open, the ceremony of making open: the opening of a flower/shop/door; the opening of the new theatre.) άνοιγμα,εγκαίνια
    4) (an opportunity for work: There are good openings in the automobile industry.) ευκαιρία,κενή θέση

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  • 7 string

    1. [striŋ] noun
    1) ((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.) σπάγγος,κορδόνι
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) ίνα
    3) (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.) χορδή
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) αρμαθιά
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) αρμαθιάζω
    2) (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.) περνώ χορδή
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) αφαιρώ ίνες,καθαρίζω
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) δένω
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    - 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

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  • 8 perch

    [pə: ] 1. noun
    1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) κούρνια
    2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) θρονί,βίγλα
    2. verb
    1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) κουρνιάζω
    2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) στήνω/σκαρφαλώνω(σε ψηλό μέρος)

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  • 9 ram

    [ræm] 1. noun
    1) (a male sheep.) κριάρι
    2) (something heavy, especially a part of a machine, used for ramming.) έμβολο
    2. verb
    1) ((of ships, cars etc) to run into, and cause damage to: The destroyer rammed the submarine; His car rammed into/against the car in front of it.) εμβολίζω
    2) (to push down, into, on to etc with great force: We rammed the fence-posts into the ground.) χώνω

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  • 10 ditch

    [di ] 1. noun
    (a long narrow hollow dug in the ground especially one to drain water from a field, road etc: He climbed over the fence and fell into a ditch.) χαντάκι
    2. verb
    (to get rid of: The stolen car had been ditched by the thieves several miles away.) εγκαταλείπω,ξεφορτώνομαι

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  • 11 upright

    1. adjective
    1) (( also adverb) standing straight up; erect or vertical: He placed the books upright in the bookcase; She stood upright; a row of upright posts.) όρθιος, στητός, ευθυτενής
    2) ((of a person) just and honest: an upright, honourable man.) τίμιος, αδέκαστος
    2. noun
    (an upright post etc supporting a construction: When building the fence, place the uprights two metres apart.) στύλος, ορθοστάτης

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  • 12 alight

    I past tense, past participle - alighted; verb
    1) (to get down from or out of: to alight from a bus.) κατεβαίνω, εξέρχομαι
    2) ((with on) to settle or land on: The bird alighted on the fence.) πάω και κάθομαι
    II adjective
    (burning; very bright: The bonfire was still alight; His eyes were alight with joy.) φλεγόμενος, αναψοκοκκινισμένος

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  • 13 hitch

    [hi ] 1. verb
    1) (to fasten to something: He hitched his horse to the fence-post; He hitched his car to his caravan.) (προς)δένω
    2) (to hitch-hike: I can't afford the train-fare to London - I'll have to hitch.) κάνω ωτοστόπ
    2. noun
    1) (an unexpected problem or delay: The job was completed without a hitch.) πρόβλημα
    2) (a kind of knot.) πρόχειρος κόμπος
    3) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) τράβηγμα
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    - hitch-hiker
    - hitch a lift/ride
    - hitch up

    English-Greek dictionary > hitch

  • 14 spike

    1) (a hard, thin, pointed object (of wood, metal etc): The fence had long spikes on top.) αιχμή,μύτη
    2) (a pointed piece of metal attached to the sole of a shoe etc to prevent slipping.) καρφί
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    - spiky
    - spikiness

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  • 15 pot-shot

    noun (an easy or casual shot that doesn't need careful aim: He took a pot-shot at a bird on the fence.) βολή στα τυφλά

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  • 16 jump

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) πηδώ
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) πηδώ
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) αναπηδώ, τινάζομαι
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) υπερπηδώ
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) πήδημα
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) εμπόδιο
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) άλμα
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) απότομη κίνηση, ξάφνιασμα
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) απότομη αύξηση
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    - jump at
    - jump for joy
    - jump on
    - jump the gun
    - jump the queue
    - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
    - jump to it

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  • 17 wire

    1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) σύρμα
    2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) σύρμα, καλώδιο
    3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) τηλέγραφος
    4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) τηλεγράφημα
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) καλωδιώνω
    2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) τηλεγραφώ
    3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) τηλεγραφώ
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    - wiring
    - high wire
    - wire-netting

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  • 18 fold

    I 1. [fould] verb
    1) (to double over (material, paper etc): She folded the paper in half.) διπλώνω
    2) (to lay one on top of another: She folded her hands in her lap.) σταυρώνω
    3) (to bring in (wings) close to the body: The bird folded its wings.) μαζεύω
    2. noun
    1) (a doubling of one layer of material, paper etc over another: Her dress hung in folds.) δίπλα,πτυχή,πιέτα
    2) (a mark made especially on paper etc by doing this; a crease: There was a fold in the page.) τσάκιση
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    - folder
    - folding     II [fould] noun
    (a place surrounded by a fence or wall, in which sheep are kept: a sheep fold.) μαντρί,στάνη

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  • 19 fencing

    I noun
    ((the material used for) a fence: a hundred metres of fencing.) περίφραξη,υλικό περιφράξεως
    II noun
    (the sport of fighting with (blunted) swords: I used to be very good at fencing.) ξιφομαχία,ξιφασκία

    English-Greek dictionary > fencing

  • 20 gate

    [ɡeit]
    (a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass: I'll meet you at the park gate(s). πύλη, αυλόπορτα
    - gate-crasher
    - gate-post
    - gateway

    English-Greek dictionary > gate

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