watery

watery
adjective
1) (like water; diluted: a watery fluid.) vassen, tynn; utvannet
2) ((of eyes) full of fluid eg because of illness, cold winds etc.) rennende, våte, vasne
3) ((of a colour) pale: eyes of a watery blue.) lyse-, blek, vannaktig
vassen
adj. \/ˈwɔːtərɪ\/
1) vannet, vannholdig, vannaktig
• they used watery colours
de brukte vannaktige farger
2) vannrik, regnfull, regntung
• we had a watery summer
vi hadde en regnfull sommer
• they looked up at the watery sky
de så opp mot den regntunge himmelen
3) vassen, vasstrukken
• you gave me a watery cabbage
du ga meg en vassen kål
4) (også overført) tynn, smakløs, utvannet, vannaktig
• this style is watery
denne stilen er utvannet
• I don't want your watery soup
jeg vil ikke ha den tynne suppen din
5) tårevåt, tårefylt
• they saw his watery eyes
de så de tårevåte øynene hans
watery grave våt grav
• he found a watery grave
han fant døden i bølgene
watery way (poetisk) hav, bølger

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