| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| stretcher |
| 1. n. One who, or that which, stretches. |
| 2. n. A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. |
| 3. n. A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting. |
| 4. n. A device to stretch shoes or gloves. |
| 5. n. A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header). |
| 6. n. (architecture) A piece of timber used in building. |
| 7. n. (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth. |
| 8. n. (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet. |
| 9. n. (nautical) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and gripped. |
| 10. n. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle. |
| 11. n. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves. |
| 12. n. (obsolete) A penis, especially a long penis. |
| 13. v. To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| bår |
| 1. n-c. a barrow, a litter (tool for carrying) |
| 2. n-c. a bier (carrying a dead person at a funeral) |
| 3. n-c. a stretcher; a simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. |
