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heittää pois — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • chuck noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  • discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
  • skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
  • toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.
  • trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.

Senses

heittää pois is used for these senses in English:

  • burn (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
  • cast To throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]
  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • chuck (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
  • discard (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
  • discard (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
  • get rid of (transitive, idiom) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
  • skip (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

burn — full definition

  1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
  3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
  4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
  5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

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.

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