Meaning of lus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)
   feminine
2. a louse (plural lice), or a similar animal, e.g. a sea louse
   feminine, masculine
3. a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice
   feminine
4. a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern
   feminine, masculine
5. a miser; a stingy and miserly person
   feminine, figuratively
6. a hairy seed from a rosehip
   colloquial, feminine, masculine
7. someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing
   feminine, figuratively
8. a symbol signifying a rock awash (a cross with four dots)
   feminine, masculine
9. a computer bug
   feminine, masculine
10. a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding
    feminine
11. a dowel pin
    feminine
12. a crayon
    archaic, colloquial, feminine
13. gills on a crab
    dialectal, feminine, rare
14. a hairgrip
    feminine

Examples

“Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.”

Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.

“Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.”

She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.

“Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.”

This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.

“Eg kom samstundes og til aa nemja som aldri fyrr, kor ufysi ho var, den Lukti av Klædi hans; og naar eg tenkte på den Lusi – uhh! so totte eg det var mest Uraad hava sovoret ved Sida.”

In that moment, I also came to perceive as never before how foul the smell of his clothes was. And when I thought of that poor thing – Yuck! I thought it'd been most trouble to have such by one's side.

“Jakka er tradisjonell kufte med lus og bordar.”

The jacket is a traditional cardigan with lice and borders.

“fruktemni vert til smaa neter („lus“)”