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1 gather
['ɡæðə] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) come together in one place: A crowd of people gathered near the accident.) safnast saman2) (to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc): I gather you are leaving tomorrow.) álykta3) (to collect or get: He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information.) tína4) (to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together: She gathered the skirt at the waist.) rykkja2. noun(a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc.) rykking- gather round
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2 gather round
(to come together around a person, thing etc: Will everyone please gather round?) safnast í kringum -
3 gather together
(to come or bring together, in a group: He gathered his books and papers together.) safna(st) saman -
4 muster
1) (to gather together (especially soldiers for duty or inspection).) safna saman, kalla saman2) (to gather (courage, energy etc): He mustered his energy for a final effort.) safna hugrekki/kröftum -
5 accumulate
[ə'kju:mjuleit]((usually of things) to gather or be gathered together in a large quantity: Rubbish accumulates very quickly in our house.) safnast saman- accumulator -
6 amass
[ə'mæs](to gather or collect in a large quantity: He amassed an enormous quantity of information.) safna, raka saman -
7 band
[bænd] I noun1) (a strip of material to put round something: a rubber band.) band; ræma, borði2) (a stripe of a colour etc: a skirt with a band of red in it.) líning, borði3) (in radio etc, a group of frequencies or wavelengths: the medium waveband.) tíðnisviðII 1. noun1) (a number of persons forming a group: a band of robbers.) hópur, flokkur2) (a body of musicians: a brass band; a dance band.) hljómsveit2. verb(to unite or gather together for a purpose: They banded together to oppose the building of the garage.) mynda hóp -
8 collect
[kə'lekt] 1. verb1) (to bring or come together; to gather: People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.) safna; ná jafnvægi2) (to call for and take away: She collects the children from school each day.) ná í•- collection
- collective 2. noun(a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them.) samyrkja, samyrkjubú- collector -
9 crowd
1. noun1) (a number of persons or things gathered together: A crowd of people gathered in the street.) fjölmenni2) (a group of friends, usually known to one another: John's friends are a nice crowd.) vinahópur2. verb1) (to gather in a large group: They crowded round the injured motorcyclist.) hópast í kringum2) (to fill too full by coming together in: Sightseers crowded the building.) yfirfylla•- crowded -
10 cull
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11 flock
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12 harvest
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13 herd
[hə:d] 1. noun(a group of animals of one kind that stay, or are kept, together: a herd of cattle; a herd of elephant(s).) hjörð2. verb(to gather together, or be brought together, in a group: The dogs herded the sheep together; The tourists were herded into a tiny room.) reka saman, safna saman- - herd- herdsman
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14 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) herða upp hugann -
15 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) herða upp hugann -
16 raise
[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) lyfta2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) hækka3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) rækta4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) ala upp5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) bera upp, leggja fram6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) safna (saman)7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) valda8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) þyrla upp9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) reisa, byggja10) (to give (a shout etc).) reka upp11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) ná sambandi2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) (launa)hækkun- raise hell/Cain / the roof
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17 rake
[reik] 1. noun1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) hrífa2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) hrífa, skafa3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) raka2. verb1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) raka (saman)2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) skara3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) láta dynja á•- rake up -
18 reap
[ri:p](to cut and gather (corn etc): The farmer is reaping the wheat.) skera korn; uppskera- reaper -
19 spy
1. noun(a secret agent or person employed to gather information secretly especially about the military affairs of other countries: She was arrested as a spy; industrial spies.) njósnari2. verb1) (to be a spy: He had been spying for the Russians for many years.) njósna2) (to see or notice: She spied a human figure on the mountainside.) koma auga á•- spyhole- spy on -
20 sweep up
(to gather together or remove (dirt etc) by sweeping: She swept up the crumbs/mess.) sópa upp
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