kovettua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
- harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
- petrify verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
- solidify verb To become solid, or to make something firm and solid.
Senses
kovettua is used for these senses in English:
- harden (intransitive) To become hard.
- harden (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
- petrify (intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
- petrify (transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
- set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- set up (intransitive) To gel or harden.
- solidify (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
cure — full definition
- noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
- verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
- verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.
harden — full definition
- verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
- verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.