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tirar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.

Senses

tirar is used for these senses in English:

  • loose (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
  • pitch (transitive) To throw away; discard.
  • pull (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
  • shoot To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
  • throw To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

loose — full definition

  1. adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
  2. adj Not precise, exact, or strict.
  3. verb To set free or release from restraint.

pitch — full definition

  1. noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  2. verb To throw, especially a ball toward a batter.
  3. verb To promote or attempt to sell an idea or product.
  4. noun The playing field used in sports such as football, rugby, or cricket (chiefly British English).
  5. noun How high or low a sound is perceived to be.

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