honey

honey
noun
1) (a sweet, thick fluid made by bees from the nectar of flowers: bread and honey.) honning
2) ((especially American) darling (used when speaking to someone one loves).) kjære, skatt, elskling
- honeycomb
- honeymoon
honning
I
subst. \/ˈhʌnɪ\/
1) honning
2) nektar fra blomster
3) honningfarge
4) (hverdagslig) elskling, skatt, kjæreste
5) (overført) sødme
the honey of flattery
smigerens sødme
6) (overført, hverdagslig) noe lekkert, noe søtt, noe deilig
it's a honey of a car
det er en aldeles lekker bil
7) (overført) forklaring: person eller ting som er den beste av sin sort
II
verb \/ˈhʌnɪ\/
1) snakke til i smigrende vendinger (også for å oppnå egne fordeler)
2) (amer. eller gammeldags) smigre, smiske, bruke søte ord
3) bruke honning som smakstilsetning i noe, bruke honning som søtningsmiddel i noe
honey somebody up smiske for noen
he got his promotion by honeying up the boss
III
adj. \/ˈhʌnɪ\/
1) honning-, som honning, søt
2) med honning, som inneholder honning

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