kallistaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
• camber noun A gentle curve across a surface, such as a road or roof, that lets water drain off.
• cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
• careen verb To tip a ship onto its side so that the underwater part can be cleaned or repaired.
• 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 turn or set something at a slant rather than straight.
• 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 gentle curve across a surface, such as a road or roof, that lets water drain off.
2. noun The slope built into a bend in a road to counter the pull of turning at speed.
3. noun A slight upward curve on the underside of a beam or arch.
4. noun (motoring) The angle at which a vehicle's wheels tilt from vertical, seen from the front.

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