storm

storm
sto:m 1. noun
1) (a violent disturbance in the air causing wind, rain, thunder etc: a rainstorm; a thunderstorm; a storm at sea; The roof was damaged by the storm.) uvær
2) (a violent outbreak of feeling etc: A storm of anger greeted his speech; a storm of applause.) storm; orkanaktig bifall
2. verb
1) (to shout very loudly and angrily: He stormed at her.) rase, skjelle og smelle
2) (to move or stride in an angry manner: He stormed out of the room.) storme, styrte (ut)
3) ((of soldiers etc) to attack with great force, and capture (a building etc): They stormed the castle.) storme
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- stormily
- storminess
- stormbound
- stormtrooper
- a storm in a teacup
- take by storm
storm
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uvær
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subst. \/stɔːm\/
1) storm, uvær
• a storm raged all night
en storm herjet natten igjennom
2) (overført) storm, opprør, tumulter, kontrovers
• political storm
politisk storm
3) (også overført) regn, skur
• a storm of rain
en regnskur
• a storm is gathering
det trekker opp til uvær
• a storm of abuse
en skyllebøtte
4) (også storm system) stormsystem, lavtrykkssystem
5) vindstyrke 10 på Beaufort-skalaen
6) (militærvesen) storming, stormangrep
bring a storm about one's ears pådra seg en storm av uvilje
go down a storm bli entusisastisk mottatt av publikum
the lull\/calm before the storm stille før stormen
ride (out) the storm\/gale ri (av) stormen
storm in a teacup (britisk) storm i et vannglass
take by storm (også overført) ta med storm
up a storm (amer., hverdagslig) av hjertens lyst, med liv og lyst
• some of my old choir pals came over and we sang up a storm all night
noen av de gamle korvennene mine kom og vi sang av hjertens lyst hele kvelden
II
verb \/stɔːm\/
1) (overført) styrte, storme
• he stormed out of the room in anger
2) (spesielt amer., om vær) rase, storme
• the wind stormed at 40 miles an hour
vinden raste med en styrke på 64 km i timen
• it stormed all day
det var uvær hele dagen
3) (spesielt militærvesen) storme, gå til angrep mot
• storm into a fort
storme et fort
4) (også overført) ta med storm
• storm one's audience
ta publikum med storm
storm at someone kjefte på noen

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
, , , , , , (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow), (with or without rain, hail, or snow) / , , , , , , , , , , , , / , , , / , , , , / , , (with violence, as a fortification),


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