ren

clean, clear, literal, neat, pure, solid, straight

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I. (en -er)

zo (rensdyr) reindeer.

II. adj

(mods snavset) clean;

(ublandet, uforfalsket; moralsk ren; strengt teoretisk) pure ( fx pure gold (, wool); chemically pure; pure thoughts; chaste and pure; to the pure all things are pure; pure mathematics),

(om sprog: korrekt) pure;

(netto) net ( fx profit);

(mus.: ren og klar) pure ( fx voice, note),

(om tonehøjde) true ( fx pitch),

(om interval) perfect ( fx fourth kvart, fifth kvint);

(om omrids) clean-cut, clear; clean ( fx the clean lines of a motor car);

(ligefrem, ren og skær) pure ( fx kindness, nonsense), sheer ( fx

delight, ignorance, madness), absolute ( fx fool, genius),

T regular ( fx nuisance),

(kun neds) downright ( fx scoundrel, rudeness);

(blot og bar) mere ( fx a mere boy (, child));

(se også rent);

[ forb med sb:]

[give ren besked] speak plainly, speak out;

[give ham ren besked] give him a piece of one's mind;

[gøre rent bord]

(dvs blive færdig) get through all one's work,

(tilstå) make a clean breast of it,

T come clean;

[ren chokolade] plain chocolate;

[ren fortjeneste] a clear profit ( fx a clear profit of £300);

[det er ren fortjeneste] it is all profit;

[en ren pigeskole] an all-girls school;

[ren samvittighed] a clear conscience;

[den rene sandhed] the plain truth;

[ren skønhed] perfect beauty;

[ren smag] pure taste;

[ved et rent tilfælde] by the merest chance, by sheer accident;

[af reneste vand]

(også fig) of the first (el. purest) water;

(se også idyl, mel, ord);

[ andre forb:]

[det er det rene ...] it is sheer ( fx luck, madness), it is pure ( fx

nonsense);

[få (el. bringe) på det rene] clear up ( fx the matter, the point);

[få tingene på det rene]

(dvs få klarhed over) get things clear,

(fjerne misforståelser) put the record straight;

[være på det rene med] realize;

[give et barn rent på] change a baby's nappie;

[lægge rent på sengene] change the bedclothes (el. bed linen);

[ren og skær] sheer ( fx folly, ignorance), pure and simple;

(NB efterstillet, fx it was laziness (, carelessness, envy etc) pure and simple).