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1 vary
['veəri] 1. verb(to make, be or become different: These apples vary in size from small to medium.) breyta; vera breytilegur- variable2. noun(something that varies, eg in quantity, value, effect etc: Have you taken all the variables into account in your calculations?) breyta- variably- variability
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2 range
[rein‹] 1. noun1) (a selection or variety: a wide range of books for sale; He has a very wide range of interests.) úrval2) (the distance over which an object can be sent or thrown, sound can be heard etc: What is the range of this missile?; We are within range of / beyond the range of / out of range of their guns.) drægi, skotfæri3) (the amount between certain limits: I'm hoping for a salary within the range $30,000 to $34,000; the range of a person's voice between his highest and lowest notes.) upphæð innan tiltekinna marka4) (a row or series: a mountain range.) fjallgarður5) (in the United States, land, usually without fences, on which cattle etc can graze.) bithagi, afréttur6) (a place where a person can practise shooting etc; a rifle-range.) skotsvæði7) (a large kitchen stove with a flat top.) eldavél2. verb1) (to put in a row or rows: The two armies were ranged on opposite sides of the valley.) raða/stilla upp2) (to vary between certain limits: Weather conditions here range between bad and dreadful / from bad to dreadful.) leika á tilteknu bili3) (to go, move, extend etc: His talk ranged over a number of topics.) ná yfir•- ranger -
3 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) stöðva(st)2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) stöðva3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) stoppa, hætta4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) loka5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) loka; styðja á6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) dvelja2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) stans2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) stöð3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punktur4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) loka, loftop5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) fleygur, klossi•- stoppage- stopper
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- put a stop to
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Vary — Va ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius various. See {Various}, and cf. {Variate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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