hehkuttaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anneal verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- ash noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
- blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
- glow verb To give off a steady light, often without a visible flame.
Senses
hehkuttaa is used for these senses in English:
- anneal (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- ash (ambitransitive, chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
- blaze (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- glow (transitive) To make hot; to flush.
anneal — full definition
- verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- verb To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- verb To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- verb To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
ash — full definition
- noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
- noun A hardwood tree of the genus Fraxinus, or its pale, tough timber.
- noun The remains of a cremated body (usually plural, "ashes").