door

door
[do:]
noun
1) (the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc: He knocked loudly on the door.) porta
2) (a means of achieving something: the door to success.) caminho
- doorman
- doormat
- doorstep
- doorway
- on one's doorstep
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[dɔ:] n 1 porta, entrada, saída, acesso. 2 fig casa, aposento, edifício. 3 fig começo. 4 fig pistolão, meio de obter algo. accordion door porta sanfonada. back door porta traseira. behind closed doors a portas fechadas. entrance door porta de frente. folding door porta de dois batentes. from door to door de porta em porta. front door porta da frente. he laid it at my door ele deitou a culpa em mim. in doors em casa, dentro da casa, para dentro da casa. next door a casa ao lado, a porta do lado. next door to perto de, adjacente, pertinho. out of doors, outdoors 1 fora de casa, ao ar livre. 2 fig abolido, suprimido, posto de lado. revolviny door porta giratória. sliding door porta corrediça, porta de correr. the blame lies at your door a culpa é sua. to get in by the back door conseguir algo por meios ilícitos, entrar por baixo do pano. to leave the door open deixar uma porta aberta, permitir uma possibilidade. to show someone to the door acompanhar polidamente até à porta. to show the door, to turn a person out of doors pôr alguém na rua. to shut/close the door to/on impedir o entendimento, tornar imposssível. to shut/slam the door in someone’s face bater com a porta na cara, não prestar ajuda, não socorrer, não atender a pedido. to turn from the door não permitir a entrada, mandar embora um mendigo, um pedinte. within doors = {{link=in%20doors}}in doors{{/link}}.

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  • door — W1S1 [do: US do:r] n [: Old English; Origin: duru door and dor gate ] 1.) the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you open and close when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard →↑gate open/close/shut …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • door — [ dɔr ] noun count *** 1. ) a large flat object you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle: a little house with a red door The door creaked slowly open. There was a draft coming from under the door. open/close/shut the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Door — Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th[ u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d[ o]r, Sw. d[ o]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. ?; cf. Skr. dur, dv[=a]ra.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • door — door, gate, portal, postern, doorway, gateway are comparable chiefly as meaning an entrance to a place. Door applies chiefly to the movable and usually swinging barrier which is set in the opening which serves as an entrance to a building or to a …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • door — door; door·brand; door·less; door·man; door·stead; door·ward; in·door; maz·door; out·door; tan·door; door·wards; ten·door; …   English syllables

  • door — [dôr] n. [ME dure, dor < OE duru fem. (orig., pair of doors), dor neut., akin to Ger tür, door, tor, gate < IE base * dhwer , *dhwor , door > L fores (pl. of foris), two leaved door, Gr thyra, door (in pl., double door)] 1. a movable… …   English World dictionary

  • door — M.E. merger of O.E. dor (neut.; pl. doru) large door, gate, and O.E. duru (fem., pl. dura) door, gate, wicket, both from P.Gmc. *dur (Cf. O.S. duru, O.N. dyrr, Dan. dèr, O.Fris. dure, O.H.G. turi, Ger. Tür), from PIE …   Etymology dictionary

  • Door — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anton Door (1833–1919), Wiener Konzertpianist Daisy Door (* 1943; eigentlich Evelyn van Ophuisen), deutsche Schlagersängerin Door bezeichnet weiterhin: Door County, einen County im US Bundesstaat Wisconsin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Door — (spr. Dohr), Grafschaft im Staate Wisconsin von Nordamerika, 19 QM., eine Halbinsel zwischen dem Michigan See u. der Green Bai bildend; erst 1850 von der Grafschaft Brown getrennt; Hauptort: Gibraltar …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Door — Door, Anton, Pianist, geb. 20. Juni 1833 in Wien, Schüler von Czerny und S. Sechter, konzertierte bereits 1850 erfolgreich in Baden Baden und Wiesbaden, dann mit Ludwig Straus in Italien, bereiste 1856–57 Skandinavien und wurde in Stockholm zum… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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