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stít — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behead verb To cut off someone's head, typically as an execution.
  • carapace noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  • gable noun The triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, formed where two roof slopes meet.
  • shield noun A piece of protective armour carried in the hand or on the arm to block blows or weapons.

Senses

stít is used for these senses in English:

  • behead (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
  • carapace A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  • gable (architectural element) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
  • shield Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

carapace — full definition

  1. noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  2. noun That which protects.
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