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倒 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
  • expel verb To force someone out of a place, group, or organization, often as punishment.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
  • lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  • overturn verb To flip something over, or to cause a vehicle to roll onto its side or roof.
  • pour verb To make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container.
  • reciprocal adj Given or felt equally by both sides; mutual, done in return.
  • scrap noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.
  • shed noun A small, simple structure used for storage or shelter, usually in a garden or yard.

Senses

倒 is used for these senses in English:

  • cast away (transitive) To discard.
  • clear out (transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly.
  • eject (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  • expel (transitive) To eject.
  • fall To come down, to drop or descend.
  • fall down (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.
  • kick someone's ass (idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.
  • launch (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

eject — full definition

  1. verb To force someone to leave a place.
  2. verb To forcefully throw out or expel something.
  3. verb To safely propel oneself out of an aircraft in an emergency, usually using an ejection seat.
  4. verb To make a disc or drive pop out of a device, or to safely disconnect a removable drive.

expel — full definition

  1. verb To force someone out of a place, group, or organization, often as punishment.
  2. verb To push or drive something out with force.
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