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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

  1. noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  2. noun The raised ground along the edge of a river, lake, or other body of water.
  3. verb To keep or deposit money at a financial institution.
  4. verb Of an aircraft or vehicle, to tilt to one side while turning.

camber — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. noun The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
  3. noun An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
  4. 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.

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