huddle

huddle
1. verb
1) ((often with together) to crowd closely together: The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field.) klumpe/klynge seg sammen
2) (to curl up in a sitting position: The old man (was) huddled near the fire to keep warm.) krype sammen
2. noun
(a number of people, things etc crowded together: a huddle of people round the injured man.) klynge, stimmel
klynge
I
subst. \/ˈhʌdl\/
1) haug, dynge
a huddle of large stones
en haug av store steiner
2) klynge, opphopning, ansamling
a huddle of old houses
en klynge av gamle hus
3) flokk, stimmel, mylder
huddles of cows and sheep
flokkevis av kyr og sauer
a huddle of people
et mylder av mennesker
4) røre, virvar, hurlumhei
5) (hverdagslig) hemmelig møte, privat møte, hemmelig rådslagning, privat rådslagning
6) (amer. fotball) forklaring: klynge av spillere på banen som diskuterer taktikk og strategi
all in a huddle i en eneste stor røre
go into a huddle samles til en privat eller hemmelig rådslagning
be in a huddle forklaring: ha en privat eller hemmelig rådslagning, diskutere i enerom
the delegates were in a huddle for two hours
delegatene rådslo i enerom i to timer
II
verb \/ˈhʌdl\/
1) stue, stable, pakke, proppe, stappe, klynge
2) klynge seg sammen, klumpe seg sammen, trenge seg sammen, presse seg sammen, stue seg sammen, krype inntil hverandre, flokke seg sammen
3) (spesielt britisk) slurve, sjaske, sjuske, raske
4) slenge, hive, kaste
5) jage, skysse
the police huddled the crowd out of the hall
politiet jaget fokemengden ut av salen
she huddled them into another room
hun skysset dem inn i et annet rom
6) konferere, konsultere
7) utveksle idéer, diskutere
8) ta en avgjørelse
9) (amer. fotball)
forklaring: samle seg i klynge for å planlegge strategi og taktikk
huddle out jage ut
the police huddled the crowd out of the hall
politiet jaget folkemengden ut av salen
huddle over eller huddle through slurve seg igjennom, sjuske fra seg
huddle a job through
sjaske fra seg et arbeid, raske sammen et arbeid
huddle together eller huddle up krype sammen, krølle seg sammen samle sammen, pakke sammen, stue sammen samle seg i en klynge, klumpe seg sammen
huddle up against somebody krype tett inntil noen, presse seg tett inntil noen

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