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капя — meaning in English

kapya

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English meaning

  • distil verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  • dribble verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
  • drip verb To fall in individual drops.
  • gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
  • trickle noun A thin, slow flow of liquid, or the small amount that flows this way.

Senses

капя is used for these senses in English:

  • distil To drip or be wet with some liquid.
  • distil To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
  • dribble To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
  • gutter (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle. [from early 18th c.]
  • trickle (transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

distil — full definition

  1. verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  2. verb To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
  3. verb To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
  4. verb Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.

dribble — full definition

  1. verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
  2. verb To let saliva or liquid drip slowly from the mouth or from a container.
  3. noun A small trickle of liquid, or an act of dribbling a ball.

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