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  • 1 snip

    [snip] 1. past tense, past participle - snipped; verb
    (to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc: I snipped off two inches of thread.) ψαλιδίζω,κόβω στην άκρη
    2. noun
    1) (a cut with scissors: With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.) ψαλίδισμα
    2) (a small piece cut off: The floor was covered in snips of paper.) κομματάκι
    3) (a bargain: It's a snip at $3!) ευκαιρία

    English-Greek dictionary > snip

  • 2 Short

    adj.
    P. and V. βραχς.
    At so short a distance: P. διὰ τοσούτου.
    Concise: P. and V. σύντομος, βραχύς.
    Little (in amount, time, etc.): P. and V. βραχς, ὀλγος, μικρός, σμικρός, Ar. and V. βαιός.
    Of stature: P. and V. μικρός, σμικρός.
    Deficient: P. and V. ἐνδεής, P. ἐλλιπής.
    Short of, deficient in: P. and V. ἐνδεής (gen.); see Deficient.
    Except: P. and V. πλήν (gen.).
    Less than: with numerals use participle, P. δέων (gen.).
    Come short, v.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see also lack.
    Come short of.
    Be deficient in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), πολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
    Fall short, give out: P. and V. ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, V. λείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
    Fall short of, be inferior to: P. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ὑστερίζειν (gen.), ὑστερεῖν (gen.), P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι (gen.), λείπεσθαι (gen.) (rare P.).
    They reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant: P. ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης (Thuc. 5, 42).
    If you persist in sitting idle, letting your zeal stop short at murmuring and commending: P. εἰ καθεδεῖσθε ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες (Dem. 109).
    At short notice P. and V. φαύλως; see off-hand.
    In short: see Shortly.
    To sum up: P. ὅλως, P. and V. ἁπλῶς.
    Cut short, abridge, v.: P. and V. συντέμνειν.
    To cut a long story short: P. ἵνα, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν, συντέμω.
    Cut short, shorten: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.
    Cut short ( a person), make to stop: P. and V. παύειν; see also Interrupt.
    Short ( of temper): P. and V. ὀξύς; see Quick.
    Short of breath: V. δύσπνους.
    Short comings, subs.: P. ἐλλείματα, τά.
    You will make up for your past short comings: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).
    Short cut: P. ἡ σύντομος (Xen.).
    By the shortest cut: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).

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

  • 3 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) τσιμπώ,δαγκώνω
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) κόβω
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) τσούζω
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) πετάγομαι
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) παγώνω,καταστρέφω
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) τσίμπημα,δάγκωμα
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) ψύχρα
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) γουλιά
    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

    English-Greek dictionary > nip

  • 4 plaster

    1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) a substance put on walls, ceilings etc which dries to form a hard smooth surface: He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall; a plaster ceiling.) σοβάς
    2) (( also adjective) (also plaster of Paris) (of) a similar quick-drying substance used for supporting broken limbs, making models etc: She's got her arm in plaster; a plaster model.) γύψος
    3) ((also sticking-plaster; American Band-Aid) (a piece of) sticky tape (sometimes with a dressing) used to cover a wound etc: You should put a plaster on that cut.) λευκοπλάστης/έμπλαστρο
    2. verb
    1) (to put plaster on: They plastered the walls.) σοβαντίζω
    2) (to spread or apply rather too thickly: She'd look nicer if she didn't plaster so much make-up on her face.) πασαλείβω
    - plastic 3. adjective
    (easily made into different shapes.) εύπλαστος

    English-Greek dictionary > plaster

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