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1 absorb
• omaksua• tukahduttaatechnology• imeyttää• imeä itseensä• imeä• juoda• tyrehdyttää• heikentää• hillitä• hiljentää• hurmata• viedä kokonaan• viehättää• vetää sisään• ehkäistä• absorboituaphysics• absorboida• vaimentaa• rauhoittaa• kiehtoa• lieventää• fuusioida• pidättää• sulattaa itseensä• sulauttaa• taltuttaa* * *əb'zo:b1) (to soak up: The cloth absorbed the ink I had spilled.) imeä itseensä2) (to take up the whole attention of (a person): He was completely absorbed in his book.) syventynyt•- absorption -
2 hood
• höyrykupu• hilkka• hattu• huppukaulus• huppu• viitta• vaippa• katto• kansi• kauhtana• liesituuletin• kaapu• mantteli• suojakansi• kuomu• kupu• konepelti* * *hud1) (a usually loose covering for the whole head, often attached to a coat, cloak etc: The monk pulled his hood over his head.) huppu2) (a folding cover on a car, pram etc: Put the hood of the pram up - the baby is getting wet.) kuomu3) ((American) the bonnet of a car: He raised the hood to look at the engine.) konepelti4) (a fold of cloth representing a hood, worn by university graduates over their gowns on ceremonial occasions: The professors and lecturers all wore their gowns and hoods for the graduation ceremony.) huppukaulus•- hooded -
3 wipe out
• hävittää• pyyhkiä puhtaaksi• pyyhkiä pois• pyyhkäistä• pyyhkiä• tappaa• poistaa* * *1) (to clean the inside of (a bowl etc) with a cloth etc.) pyyhkiä puhtaaksi2) (to remove; to get rid of: You must try to wipe out the memory of these terrible events.) unohtaa3) (to destroy completely: They wiped out the whole regiment in one battle.) tuhota maan tasalle
См. также в других словарях:
whole cloth — noun Cloth in its full manufactured size (cut out of whole cloth (N Am inf) wholly fabricated, utterly false) • • • Main Entry: ↑whole … Useful english dictionary
whole cloth — (USA) If something is made out of whole cloth, it is a fabrication and not true … The small dictionary of idiomes
whole cloth — early 15c., piece of cloth of full size, as opposed to a piece cut out for a garment; figurative sense first attested 1570s … Etymology dictionary
whole cloth — noun a) A newly made textile which has not yet been cut. Also called broad cloth. Mr. Does account of the accident was made from whole cloth. b) A complete fabrication. A lie with no basis in the truth. The plans for the widget were drawn from… … Wiktionary
whole cloth — noun Date: 1840 pure fabrication usually used in the phrase out of whole cloth < the theory was created out of whole cloth > … New Collegiate Dictionary
whole cloth — noun cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off for a garment or other item. Phrases out of (the) whole cloth N. Amer. informal with no basis in fact or reality … English new terms dictionary
out of whole cloth — phrasal : out of pure fabrication : without basis a tissue of lies made up out of whole cloth Current History * * * out of whole cloth see ↑whole cloth above. • • • Main Entry: ↑whole * * * out of (the) whole cloth … Useful english dictionary
make something up out of whole cloth — make (something) up out of whole cloth American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true. Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
make up out of whole cloth — make (something) up out of whole cloth American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true. Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
made up out of whole cloth — (made up) out of whole cloth to be completely invented. The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
out of whole cloth — (made up) out of whole cloth to be completely invented. The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
