crash

kræʃ 1. noun

1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brak

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) krasj, ulykke, velt

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) krakk, konkurs

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)

2. verb

1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) brake, knuse, smadre

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) brase (sammen med/inn i), krasje

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) krasje, styrte (ned/inn i)

4) ((of a business) to fail.) gå konkurs

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) brase/ramle (gjennom/inn i)

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)

3. adjective

(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensiv-

- crash-helmet

- crash-land

I

subst. \/kræʃ\/

1) brak, skrall

2) krasj, kollisjon (med bil, motorsykkel, e.l.)

3) (luftfart) flystyrt, flyulykke, havari, krasjlanding

4) (børs) krakk, krasj

5) (EDB) datakrasj, totalsammenbrudd

• all her work was lost in the crash

alt arbeidet hennes gikk tapt i datakrasjet

6) (hverdagslig) et sted å sove, et sted å overnatte

• need a crash for the night, can I stay at your place?

jeg trenger et sted å sove i natt, kan jeg bli hos deg?

crash of thunder tordenskrall

II

subst. \/kræʃ\/

(tekstil) dreil

III

verb \/kræʃ\/

1) (om kjøretøy) kollidere, krasje (med)

2) knuse(s), gå i knas, smadre, sprekke

3) brase i vei, brase frem, ruse med et brak, fare med et brak

4) (luftfart) styrte (med), få til å styrte, krasj(lande), havarere

5) smelle, slå med et brak

6) (EDB) bryte sammen, krasje

• the harddisk crashed

harddisken brøt sammen

7) (økonomi) gå konkurs, krakke, krasje, falle sammen, gjøre bankerott, gå nedenom

8) (også gatecrash) komme uinnbudt, skaffe seg adgang til

9) (slang) sove over, ligge over, sovne (av utmattelse)

crash a party komme uinnbedt til en fest

crash into brase\/ramle inn i, smelle inn i, krasje med

crash out sove\/ligge over duppe av, slukne, sovne (av utmattelse)

IV

adj. \/kræʃ\/

forsert, intensiv

V

interj. \/kræʃ\/

krasj

fall crash falle med et brak

go crash eller fall crash fare med et brak