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1 rub
1. past tense, past participle - rubbed; verb(to move against the surface of something else, pressing at the same time: He rubbed his eyes; The horse rubbed its head against my shoulder; The back of the shoe is rubbing against my heel.) nudda, strjúka, núa2. noun(an act of rubbing: He gave the teapot a rub with a polishing cloth.) nudd, núningur- rub down- rub it in
- rub out
- rub shoulders with
- rub up
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2 rub down
(to dry (a horse) after exercise by rubbing.) nudda (hest, með hálm-/heyvisk) -
3 rub it in
(to keep reminding someone of something unpleasant.) stagast á e-u óþægilegu -
4 rub out
(to remove (a mark, writing etc) with a rubber; to erase.) þurrka/stroka út -
5 rub shoulders with
(to meet or mix with (other people).) umgangast -
6 rub up
(to polish: She rubbed up the silver.) fægja -
7 rub up the wrong way
(to annoy or irritate (someone).) skaprauna -
8 grind
1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.) mala2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.) gnísta, nísta3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.) kremja, merja2. noun(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) streð, púl- grinder- grinding
- grindstone
- grind down
- grind up
- keep someone's nose to the grindstone
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9 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.)2) (an act of brushing.)3) (a bushy tail of a fox.)4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.)2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.)2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.)3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!)4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.)•- brush away
- brush up
- give
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10 curry
I 1. American - curries; noun((an originally Indian dish of) meat, vegetables etc cooked with spices: chicken curry.) karríréttur2. verb(to cook in this way: Are you going to curry this meat?) krydda með karrí- curried- curry powder II verb(to rub down or comb and clean (a horse).) kemba -
11 delete
[di'li:t](to rub or strike out (eg a piece of writing): Delete his name from the list.) strika út, þurrka út- deletion -
12 efface
[i'feis]1) (to rub out; to remove: You must try to efface the event from your memory.) afmá, þurrka út2) (to avoid drawing attention to (oneself): She did her best to efface herself at parties.) láta sem minnst á sér bera -
13 erase
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14 gnash
(to rub (the teeth) together in anger etc.) nísta -
15 grate
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16 mop
[mop] 1. noun1) (a pad of sponge, or a bunch of pieces of coarse string or yarn etc, fixed on a handle, for washing floors, dishes etc.) þvegill2) (a thick mass of hair: a mop of dark hair.) hárlubbi3) (an act of mopping: He gave the floor a quick mop.) þvo/þurrka með þvegli2. verb1) (to rub or wipe with a mop: She mopped the kitchen floor.) þurrka/hreinsa með þvegli2) (to wipe or clean (eg a face covered with sweat): He mopped his brow.) þurrka/hreinsa•- mop up -
17 nuzzle
(to press, rub or caress with the nose: The horse nuzzled (against) her cheek.) nugga nefinu utan í e-ð, snugga -
18 rubbed
past tense, past participle; see rub -
19 rubber
1) (( also adjective) (of) a strong elastic substance made from the juice of certain plants (especially the rubber tree), or an artificial substitute for this: Tyres are made of rubber; rubber boots.) gúmmí2) ((also eraser) a piece of rubber used to rub out pencil etc marks: a pencil, a ruler and a rubber.) strokleður3) ((slang) a condom.)4) (a rubber band.)•- rubbery- rubber band
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20 scalp
[skælp] 1. noun1) (the skin of the part of the head usually covered by hair: Rub the shampoo well into your scalp.) hársvörður2) (the skin and hair of the top of the head: Some North American Indians used to cut the scalps from their prisoners.) höfuðleður2. verb(to cut the scalp from: The Indians killed and scalped him.) skera höfuðleður af
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