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1 thicket
['Ɵikit](a group of trees or bushes growing closely together: He hid in a thicket.) goščava* * *[míkit]noungoščava -
2 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) črv2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) zriniti se2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) izvleči* * *I [wə:m]nounzoology črv, črv deževnik, glista, technical orodje spiralne oblike, vzvoj na vijaku, cevasta naprava za kondenziranje, za hlajenje, kita (vez) pod pasjim jezikom; figuratively podel, potuhnjen človek (kreatura); figuratively notranja muka, trpljenje, glodajoča žalost, skrb; plural medicine gliste, glistavostworm of conscience — grizenje vesti; pekoča vestfood for worms — hrana za črve, mrlič, mrtveca worm will turn figuratively še taka potrpežljivost ima svoje mejeII [wə:m]transitive verbosvoboditi, očistiti črvov (žival, rastlino); figuratively premikati, obračati v vijugah; nautical spiralno omotati vrv sidra; figuratively izvleči, izvabiti; prerezati kito (vez) pod pasjim jezikomto worm o.s. — plaziti se kot črvto worm one's way ( —ali o.s.) into s.o.'s confidence — vriniti se, vtihotapiti se v zaupanje kake osebehe wormed his way through the thicket — kradoma se je splazil skozi goščavo; intransitive verb iskati črve; vijugati se, viti se, vijugasto se plaziti; zvleči se (v), skrivaj se premikati -
3 writhe
(to twist violently to and fro, especially in pain or discomfort: to writhe in agony; She writhed about when I tickled her.) zvijati se* * *[ráið]1.nounzvijanje; trzanje; pačenje;2.intransitive verbzvijati se; (krčevito) se krivitito writhe under an insult figuratively trpeti (gristi se) zaradi žalitveto writhe through a thicket — zvijati se skozi goščavo; transitive verb zvijati (telo), ovijati, sukati, (na)kremžiti (obraz), izkriviti, popačiti (besede itd.)
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Thicket — Thick et, n. [AS. [thorn]iccet. See {Thick}, a.] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thicket — index assemblage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thicket — late O.E. þiccet, from þicce (see THICK (Cf. thick)) + denominative suffix et … Etymology dictionary
thicket — ► NOUN ▪ a dense group of bushes or trees. ORIGIN Old English, related to THICK(Cf. ↑thickly) … English terms dictionary
thicket — [thik′it] n. [ME < OE thiccet < thicce,THICK] a thick growth of shrubs, underbrush, or small trees thicketed adj … English World dictionary
thicket — [[t]θɪ̱kɪt[/t]] thickets 1) N COUNT A thicket is a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together. ...a bamboo thicket. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n If you refer to a thicket of ideas or events, you mean that there a lot… … English dictionary
thicket — noun Etymology: Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick Date: before 12th century 1. a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees ; coppice 2. something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability ; tangle < a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Thicket — += See also = A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large amounts of highly viable seeds that are able to… … Wikipedia
thicket — UK [ˈθɪkɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms thicket : singular thicket plural thickets an area with a lot of bushes and small trees growing very close together … English dictionary
thicket — Ōpū nāhelehele, hihia, lā au, lā au kukū, puo a. Tangled thicket, hihipe a. See clump. The dense thicket of the forest, ka hihia pa a o ka nahele … English-Hawaiian dictionary
thicket — noun rabbits taking refuge in the thicket Syn: copse, coppice, grove, brake, covert, clump; wood, woodlot, bush … Thesaurus of popular words
