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diào

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  • plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.

Senses

掉 is used for these senses in English:

  • cast (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15th c.]
  • chance upon (transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.
  • come upon To befall; to affect; to happen to.
  • happen upon To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
  • hit on (transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize.
  • lose (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
  • plunge (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
  • stumble across (transitive) To discover or find (something) by accident.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

lose — full definition

  1. verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  2. verb To fail to win a game, competition, or argument.
  3. verb To become unable to find your way, or to no longer be able to follow or track someone or something.

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