kallistaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
- camber noun A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
- careen verb To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
- rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
- skew verb To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
- tilt verb To lean or slant something, or to be at an angle.
- tip noun The pointed or outer end of something.
Senses
kallistaa is used for these senses in English:
- bank (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- camber To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
- cant (transitive) To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
- careen (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- lean To hang outwards.
- rake (ambitransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- rake (transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake.
- skew (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
bank — full definition
- noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
- noun The raised ground along the edge of a river, lake, or other body of water.
- verb To keep or deposit money at a financial institution.
- verb Of an aircraft or vehicle, to tilt to one side while turning.
camber — full definition
- noun A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- noun The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- noun An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- noun The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.