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shed – verb

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shed

/ ʃed /

Verb Forms:

Present Simple:

I / you / we / they:

shed

/ʃed/

he / she / it:

sheds

/ʃedz/

Past Simple:

shed

/ʃed/

Past Participle:

shed

/ʃed/

-ing form:

shedding

/ˈʃedɪŋ/

[shed something (often used in newspapers)]

[get rid of]

to get rid of something that is no longer wanted.

se livrar de algo que não é mais desejado.

  • The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
  • A fábrica está eliminando um grande número de empregos.
  • a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)
  • Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.

[shed something (+ adv./prep.)]

[drop]

[formal] to take off a piece of clothing.

  • We shed our jackets.
  • Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.

[shed something]

[drop]

[British English] (of a vehicle) to lose or drop what it is carrying.

  • The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load.

[shed something]

[skin/leaves]

if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally.

  • How often does a snake shed its skin?
  • trees that shed their leaves in autumn.

[shed something (on/over somebody/something)]

[light]

to send light over something; to let light fall somewhere.

  • The candles shed a soft glow on her face.

[shed tears]

[tears]

[formal or literary] to cry.

  • She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.

[shed blood]

[blood]

[formal] to kill or injure people, especially in a war.

  • How much blood will be shed before the fighting ends?

[shed something]

[water]

[formal] to have the quality of causing water or liquid to run off and not sink in

[formal] ter a qualidade de fazer com que a água ou o líquido escorra e não afunde.

  • A duck’s feathers shed water immediately.
  • As penas de um pato repelem água imediatamente.

smell out – phrasal verb

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smell {somewhere (algum lugar)} out

/ smel aʊt /

(phrasal verb)

to fill a place with a smell, in an unpleasant way (encher um lugar com um cheiro, de uma forma desagradável).

  • That aftershave of yours is smelling out the whole house. (Essa sua loção pós-barba está cheirando a casa inteira.).

smell {something/someone (algo ou alguém)} out

/ smel aʊt /

(phrasal verb)

1 – to discover where something or someone is by smelling (descobrir onde algo ou alguém está pelo cheiro).

  • At customs, dogs are used to smell out drugs in passengers’ luggage. (Na alfândega, cães são usados para farejar drogas nas bagagens dos passageiros.).

2- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. (tomar consciência não através dos sentidos, mas instintivamente.).

3 – recognize or detect by or as if by smelling. (recognize or detect by or as if by smelling).

  • He can smell out trouble. (Ele pode farejar problemas.).

outsmell – verb

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outsmell

(ˌaʊtˈsmɛl )

(transitive)

  1. to have a more powerful smell than (ter um cheiro mais forte do que).
    • his bear’s grease outsmelt his primroses – Israel Zangwill (o cheiro da gordura de seu urso é mais forte do que o cheiro de suas prímulas.
    • –
  2. to smell out or discover (cheirar ou descobrir).

VERB FORMS:

Past Simple:

outsmelt

outsmelled

Past Participle:

outsmelt

outsmelled

he / she / it:

outsmells

-ing form:

outsmelling

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outsmell – UK
outsmell – US

outspeed – verb

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outspeed

/ a͡ʊtspˈiːd /

VERB FORMS:

Past Simple:

outsped (US)

outspeeded (UK)

Past Participle:

outsped (US)

outspeeded (UK)

he / she / it:

outspeeds

-ing form:

outspeeding

(transitive verb)

to outdo or surpass in speeding; to go faster than.

ultrapassar ou superar em velocidade; ir mais rápido do que.

  • can outspeed any other car over a short distance.

carnival – noun

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(noun)

[countable, uncountable]

a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes.

[contável, incontável]

um festival público, geralmente aquele que acontece em um horário regular a cada ano, que envolve música e dança nas ruas, para as quais as pessoas usam roupas de cores vivas.

[countable]

(North American English)

(also fair British and North American English, British English also funfair)

a type of entertainment in a field or park at which people can ride on large machines and play games to win prizes.

[countable]

an outdoor public event or celebration involving entertainment, games, food and drink, etc., often organized by a town or village.

[singular]

carnival of something (formal) an exciting or brightly coloured mixture of things.

carnaval.

folia festança.

(North American English)

parque de diversões.

Carnival

/ˈkɑːrnɪvl/

(plural)

Carnivals

/ˈkɑːrnɪvlz/