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121 trunk
1) (the main stem (of a tree): The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.) trunchi2) (a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in: He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea.) cufăr; geamantan3) (an elephant's long nose: The elephant sucked up water into its trunk.) trompă4) (the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals): He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms.) trunchi5) ((American) a boot (of a car): Put your baggage in the trunk.) portbagaj•- trunks -
122 veil
[veil] 1. noun(a piece of thin cloth worn over the face or head to hide, cover, or protect it: Some women wear veils for religious reasons, to prevent strangers from seeing their faces; a veil of mist over the mountains; a veil of secrecy.) văl, voal2. verb(to cover with a veil.) a învălui- veiled -
123 Venetian blind
(a window blind made of thin, movable, horizontal strips of wood, metal or plastic: We have put up Venetian blinds to stop our neighbours looking in our front windows.) jaluzea -
124 wash
[woʃ] 1. verb1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) a (se) spăla2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) a putea fi spălat3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) a lovi (de)4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) a fi luat de apă2. noun1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) spălare2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) rufe date la spălat3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) ciocnire4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) apă (de spălat)5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) laviu; fond de acuarelă6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) curent făcut de elice; siaj•- washable- washer
- washing
- washed-out
- washerwoman
- washerman
- washcloth
- wash-basin
- washing-machine
- washing-powder
- washing-up
- washout
- washroom
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125 wedge
[we‹] 1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) pană (de despicat)2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) bucată2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) a fixa cu ajutorul unei pene -
126 wire
1. noun1) (( 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.) fir (de sârmă)2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) sârmă3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) telegraf4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) telegramă2. verb1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) a racorda la instalaţia electrică2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) a telegrafia (la)3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) a telegrafia•- wireless- wiring
- high wire
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127 wisp
[wisp](thin strand: a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke.) şuviţă; fir; mănunchi, legătură- wispy -
128 worn to a shadow
(made thin and weary through eg hard work: She was worn to a shadow after months of nursing her sick husband.) care nu mai e decât o umbră
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thin´ly — thin «thihn», adjective, thin|ner, thin|nest, adverb, verb, thinned, thin|ning, noun. –adj. 1. with little space from one side to the opposite side; not thick: »a thin book, thin paper, thin wire. The ice o … Useful english dictionary
Thin — Thin, a. [Compar. {Thiner}; superl. {Thinest}.] [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. [thorn]ynne; akin to D. dun, G. d[ u]nn, OHG. dunni, Icel. [thorn]unnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. ? (in comp.) stretched out, ? … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thin — [θɪn] adjective JOURNALISM if trading on a financial market is thin, there is not much activity: • Trade was thin in the currency markets yesterday, heading into a Japanese long weekend. * * * thin UK US /θɪn/ adjective (thinner, thinnest) ►… … Financial and business terms
thin — [thin] adj. thinner, thinnest [ME thinne < OE thynne, akin to Ger dünn < IE * tenu , thin < base * ten , to stretch > L tenuis, thin, tenere, to hold, tendere & Gr teinein, to stretch] 1. having relatively little depth; of little… … English World dictionary
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Thin — Photo bienvenue Merci Caractéristiques Longueur 22,1 km Bassin 93,5 km2 Bassin collecteur Meuse Débit moyen 1,33 m3 … Wikipédia en Français
thin — [adj1] fine, light, slender attenuate, attenuated, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony*, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched … New thesaurus
thin — ► ADJECTIVE (thinner, thinnest) 1) having opposite surfaces or sides close together. 2) (of a garment or fabric) made of light material. 3) having little flesh or fat on the body. 4) having few parts or members relative to the area covered or… … English terms dictionary
thin — vb Thin, attenuate, extenuate, dilute, rarefy. Thin is the most inclusive of these terms and is interchangeable with any of the others, though not without some loss of precision or of specific connotations. Basically it implies reduction in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
thin — O.E. þynne narrow, lean, scanty, from P.Gmc. *thunnuz, *thunw (Cf. W.Fris. ten, M.L.G. dunne, Du. dun, O.H.G. dunni, Ger. dünn, O.N. þunnr), from PIE *tnus , *tnwi , from weak grade of root *ten stretch (Cf. L. tenuis … Etymology dictionary
Thin — Thin, adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. [1913 Webster] Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
