English-Swedish translations for goose

  • gåsenOm man sticker ned en tratt i halsen på en gås och tvångsmatar den med majs, är det omöjligt att inte orsaka lidande eller skada.If you stick a funnel down a goose's throat and force-feed it with maize, there is no way that you are not causing suffering or injury. Jag är mycket väl medveten om hur viktigt det är med god reglering om man vill få marknaderna att fungera väl och skapa insyn, men låt oss inte plocka den gås som lägger guldägg.I know well the importance of good regulation for making markets function well and for transparency, but let us not kill off the goose that lays the golden egg. Som en strikt försiktighetsåtgärd spärrades alla gårdar av och deras näringsverksamhet suspenderades. Det handlade om gårdar för värphöns, slaktfjäderfä, gås, svin, mjölkboskap, nötkreatur och kanin.As a strictly precautionary measure, all farms were blocked; their commercial activities suspended; there were laying hen, fattening poultry, goose, pig, dairy cattle, bovine and rabbit farms.

Definition of goose

  • Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks
  • The flesh of the goose used as food
  • A silly person
  • A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics
  • A young woman or girlfriend
  • To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters
  • To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator
  • To hiss off the stage

Examples

  • There is a flock of geese on the pond.

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