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Перевод: nibble

[существительное]
обгрызание; откусывание; чуточка ; небольшое количество еды; клев ; клев рыбы; полбайта ; полубайт ;
[глагол]
обгрызать; откусывать; щипать траву; покусывать; есть маленькими кусочками; клевать; не решаться; колебаться; придираться

Тезаурус:

1. However, she never once attempted to nibble at her daily offering of oats in all the eight weeks she spent at the stud.
2. Cannot nibble Rubber Girl on neck.
3. At breakfast, his home-made marmalade's on the table and we nibble to the strains of Vivaldi.
4. But in other ways the recession has still to nibble, yet alone bite.
5. Reuters Between chimes of Jingle Bells, the Holly and the Ivy and other festive tunes, we Brits nibble our way through the equivalent of nearly half a billion 50g packets of nuts from October until the New Year.
6. I was more the romantic type, being satisfied with a snack, holding the lady on a pedestal for a length of time, and coming back for another wee nibble.
7. Foals at a very early age start to copy their mothers and to nibble grass.
8. For others, like the space programme (not including the space shuttle) and biomedical research, the White House is content to hold steady or allow inflation to nibble away at spending power.
9. It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour's huge majorities in the Central Belt.
10. It is true that cats often nibble an irritation, rather than scratch it, but unfortunately some of the most urgent scratching requirements are in the region of the head, mouth, neck and especially the ears.
11. As England's leading batsman of the 1980s he has borne a heavy responsibility and perhaps because of this has never completely fulfilled his potential; few batsmen can have been blessed with so much natural ability, yet he often looks vulnerable until he has settled down and even then has succumbed countless times to an infuriating nibble or waft outside the off stump.
12. IN the glass-enclosed rear section of the elegantly furnished 1892 Caledonian Railway observation car, the guests on the Royal Scotsman gathered to sip pre-dinner cocktails, nibble fresh foie gras canaps, and engage in polite rapport about their day's visit to Achnacarry Castle, the stately home of Sir Donald and Lady Cameron of Lochiel.
13. Have your oats with skimmed milk, and use granulated sweetener instead of sugar to save on calories, and you will feel so replete you won't want to nibble until lunch.