afweren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- FOIL noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
- parry verb To block or deflect a blow, attack, or difficult question.
- repel verb To drive back or fight off an attack or attacker.
- ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.
Senses
afweren is used for these senses in English:
- cast To throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]
- cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- parry A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
- repel (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]
- stave off (idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
- ward (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- ward off (transitive) To parry, or turn aside.
cast — full definition
- verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
- verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
- noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
- noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.
FOIL — full definition
- noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
- verb To prevent a plan, attempt, or plot from succeeding.
- noun A person or thing that highlights another's qualities by contrast, especially in a story.
- noun A thin fencing sword with a blunted tip, used in the sport of fencing.