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  • 1 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) κάτω
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) κάτω(στο έδαφος)
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) από γενιά σε γενιά
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) προς τα κάτω
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) νότια,στο κέντρο
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) (προς τα)κάτω
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) κατά μήκος
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) κατεβάζω
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright     4. adjective
    He is a downright nuisance!) απόλυτος
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground     II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) πούπουλα
    - downy

    English-Greek dictionary > down

  • 2 stump

    1. noun
    1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) κούτσουρο
    2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) απομεινάρι(κομμένο πόδι,ρίζα δοντιού,μολυβάκι,αποτσίγαρο,κλπ.)
    3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) πασσαλίσκος
    2. verb
    1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) περπατώ βαριά
    2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) αφήνω αναύδο,κολλώ στον τοίχο
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    - stump up

    English-Greek dictionary > stump

  • 3 stubble

    1) (the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.) υπολείμματα σιτηρών,καλαμιές
    2) (short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.) αξύριστα γένια
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    English-Greek dictionary > stubble

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  • cut the ground from under someone's feet —    When someone cuts the ground from under another s feet, they …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cut the ground from under — take away a foundation, remove a basis …   English contemporary dictionary

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