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felle homograph 3

verbverb

to fell, to bring down · to shed · to hand down (a verdict)

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt fella Old Norse fella

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. få til å falle to make fall
    • felle trær to fell trees
    • bli felt i straffefeltet to be brought down in the penalty area
  2. drepe to kill
    • felle en elg to shoot a moose
  3. få til å gå av;
    styrte (2)to topple
    to force out of office;
    to topplestyrte (2)
    • felle regjeringen to bring down the government
  4. i jus: bevise skyld in law: to prove guilt
    • fingeravtrykkene felte ham the fingerprints convicted him
  5. avsi (2)to pronounce (a judgement), kunngjøreto announce, to make public, to make known to pronounce (a judgement)avsi (2), to announcekunngjøre
    • felle en dom to hand down a verdict
  6. la falle, miste to let fall, to shed
    • felle tårer to shed tears
  7. minske ved å strikke to masker sammen til én to reduce by knitting two stitches together into one
    • fell hver tiende maske decrease every tenth stitch
    • begynne å felle to start decreasing
  8. føye (II, 1)to join together, tilpasseto adapt · to adjust · to tailor to join togetherføye (II, 1), to adapttilpasse
    • felle sammen to trestykker to join two pieces of wood together
    • felle inn en bjelke to fit in a beam

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

felle av avslutte et strikketøy to finish off a piece of knitting Eng. phraseto cast off
felle ut
  1. skille ut to separate out Eng. phraseto precipitate out
    • oppløsningen i væsken ble felt ut the dissolved matter in the liquid was precipitated out
  2. dra ut to pull out Eng. phraseto fold out
    • felle ut bladet på lommekniven to fold out the blade of the pocket knife