streife

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. dra fra sted til sted uten noe bestemt mål;
   farteto travel about, to roam, flakke (1)to wander to move from place to place with no particular destination;
   to travel aboutfarte, to wanderflakke (1)
   • de streifet omkring i skogen they roamed around in the forest
2. berøre lett og kortvarig;
   snerte (3)to graze, sneie (2)to brush against to touch lightly and briefly;
   to grazesnerte (3), to brush againstsneie (2)
   • hånden streifet så vidt kinnet the hand barely brushed the cheek
   • kulen hadde bare streifet skulderen the bullet had only grazed the shoulder
3. se som snarest på to glance at briefly
   • hun streifer ham med blikket her gaze brushes over him
4. omtale flyktig;
   så vidt komme inn på to mention in passing;
   to barely touch on
   • de streifet så vidt innom spørsmålet they only just touched on the issue
5. om tanke, idé eller lignende: falle inn of a thought, an idea or the like: to occur to someone
   • tanken har ikke streifet meg engang the thought hasn't even crossed my mind