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kant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bumper noun The part at the front or back of a vehicle designed to absorb the impact of a collision.
  • edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • lace noun A delicate, decorative fabric made of patterned holes and thread.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • side noun One of the surfaces or edges of an object, or one of two halves (left/right, front/back) of something.

Senses

kant is used for these senses in English:

  • bumper (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  • edge (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  • hand A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
  • lace (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
  • line (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
  • side A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
  • side One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
  • side One set of competitors in a game.

bumper — full definition

  1. noun The part at the front or back of a vehicle designed to absorb the impact of a collision.
  2. adj Unusually large or abundant, especially of a harvest or crop.
  3. noun A drinking glass or cup filled right to the brim, especially for a toast.

edge — full definition

  1. noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  2. noun The sharp cutting side of a blade.
  3. noun A slight advantage over rivals or competitors.
  4. verb To move slowly and carefully, often in small steps.
  5. verb To win by a very small margin.

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