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1 polish
['poliʃ] 1. verb1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) γυαλίζω,λουστράρω2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) φρεσκάρω2. noun1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) γυαλάδα,λούστρο2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) βερνίκι•- polished- polish off -
2 polish off
(to finish: She polished off the last of the ice-cream.) αποτελειώνω -
3 Polish
subs.Smooth surface: P. and V. λειότης, ἡ.met., love of refinement: P. τὸ φιλόκαλον.Mental culture: Ar. and P. παιδεία, ἡ, παίδευσις, ἡ.——————v. trans.P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).met., P. and V. παιδεύειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Polish
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4 polish
1) βερνίκι2) γυαλίζω3) λούστρο -
5 Polish
1) λουστράρω2) στιλβώνω -
6 nail-polish
nouns (a substance used to colour and/or varnish one's nails.) βερνίκι νυχιών -
7 blacken
1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) σκοτεινιάζω2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) αμαυρώνω3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) μαυρίζω, στιλβώνω -
8 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) καφέ, καφετής, φαιός2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) μαυρισμένος2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) καστανό, καφέ (χρώμα)2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) καφέ (χρώματος)3. verb(to make or become brown.) ροδίζω, καβουρντίζομαι -
9 finish
['finiʃ] 1. verb1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) τελειώνω2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) τελειώνω2. noun1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) τελείωμα,φινίρισμα2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) τερματισμός•- finished- finish off
- finish up -
10 inhabit
((of people, animals etc) to live in (a region etc): Polar bears inhabit the Arctic region; That house is now inhabited by a Polish family.) κατοκώ σε- inhabitant -
11 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) νύχι2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) καρφί2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) καρφώνω- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
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12 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) τέταρτο2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) κέρμα 25 σεντς, ένα τέταρτο του δολαρίου3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) συνοικία4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) πλευρά, σημείο5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) έλεος (σε ηττημένο εχθρό)6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) τέταρτο σφαγίου7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) τέταρτο σελήνης8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) τέταρτο παιχνιδιού9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) τρίμηνο, τριμηνία2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) κόβω στα τέσσερα2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) διαιρώ δια τέσσερα3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) παρέχω κατάλυμα, στρατωνίζω•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ανά τρίμηνο4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) τριμηνιαίο περιοδικό- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
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13 rag
[ræɡ](a piece of old, torn or worn cloth: I'll polish my bike with this old rag.) κουνέλι- ragged- raggedly
- raggedness
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14 rub up
(to polish: She rubbed up the silver.) γυαλίζω -
15 shine
1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) λάμπω/φωτίζω,ρίχνω το φως2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) γυαλίζω,αστράφτω3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) γυαλίζω,στιλβώνω4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) διακρίνομαι,διαπρέπω2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) γυαλάδα/λιακάδα2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) γυάλισμα•- shining- shiny
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16 wax
I 1. [wæks] noun1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) κερί2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) κυψελίδα3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) παρκετίνη4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) κερί / κέρινος5) (sealing-wax.) βουλοκέρι2. verb(to smear, polish or rub with wax.) παρκετάρω- waxed- waxen
- waxy
- waxwork
- waxworks II [wæks] verb1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) μεγαλώνω, γεμίζω2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) γίνομαι -
17 Burnish
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Burnish
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18 Furbish
v. trans.Polish: P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Furbish
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19 Rub
v. trans.P. and V. τρίβειν.Rubagainst... rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).Rub down ( as a horse): Ar. and P. καταψῆν (Xen.), P. and V. ψήχειν (Xen. also Ar.), V. καταψήχειν, κτενίζειν.Rub off: Ar. and V. ἀποψῆν; see wipe away.Rub out: P. and V. ἐξαλείφειν, P. ἀπαλείφειν.Erase: P. ἐκκολάπτειν; see Erase.Hard to rub out, adj.: P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.Rub up, polish: P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).——————subs.Rubbing: P. τρῖψις, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Rub
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