tæt

blocked, chunky, close, dense, densely, dumpy, right, thick, tight

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adj

(nær) close ( fx contact, co-operation);

(mods spredt etc) close ( fx formation, handwriting, print, thicket, weave), thick ( fx cluster, corn, forest, hair, hedge, mass, swarm),

(stærkere) dense ( fx clouds, crowd, fog, foliage, forest, fur, mass of people, population, thicket, wood);

(om nedbør) heavy;

(om person) stocky, thickset;

(fig: indholdsmættet) dense ( fx language, writing);

[tæt is] closely packed ice;

[tæt mørke] impenetrable darkness;

(mods utæt) tight,

(vandtæt) watertight, waterproof,

(lufttæt) airtight;

adv close ( fx behind, together), closely ( fx packed, written, woven, veiled), thickly ( fx to sow thickly); densely ( fx populated), heavily ( fx the rain was falling heavily); tightly, tight ( fx

tightly packed (, shut); packed (, shut) tight);

[ med vb:]

[tæt besat]

(med mennesker) crowded, packed,

(med ædelstene etc) studded ( fx with rubies);

[tæt bebygget, tæt befolket], se tætbebygget etc;

[drikke tæt] drink heavily;

[gå tæt på], se ndf;

[holde tæt] keep tight,

(fig) keep one's mouth shut;

[holde tæt med noget] keep quiet about something, keep something dark;

[tæt klippet], se tætklippet;

[ med præp & adv:]

[tæt forbi] close by;

[tæt herved], se ndf: tæt ved;

[tæt op ad] close to;

[tæt på] close to ( fx close to, he looks old);

[det var tæt på]

(fig: nær ved at gå galt) it was a near (el. close) thing,

T it was a close call (el. shave);

[gå tæt på]

(fig: undersøge nøje) go (deeply) into; probe (into);

[gå tæt på en]

(fig) question somebody closely;

[tæt sammen] close (together);

[tæt (hen, ind, op) til] close to;

[tæt uden for byen] just outside the town;

[tæt under land] close to the shore;

[tæt ved] nearby ( fx he lives nearby),

(nærmere) close at hand, close by;

(med styrelse) near, close to ( fx he lives near (, close to) the school).