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luoti — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bullet noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • lot noun A large amount or number of something.
  • pellet noun A small, hard, compressed lump of material.
  • perpendicular adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
  • plumb noun A weight on a line used to check that something is perfectly vertical.

Senses

luoti is used for these senses in English:

  • bullet (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
  • lead (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
  • lead (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
  • lead (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
  • lot (historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
  • pellet A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  • perpendicular A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
  • plumb A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

bullet — full definition

  1. noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  2. noun A small dot or symbol used to mark items in a list.
  3. verb To fire someone from a job abruptly (informal).

lead — full definition

  1. noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  2. verb To guide or direct a person, group, or activity.
  3. noun The state of being ahead in a race, contest, or competition.
  4. noun The main role in a film, play, or performance, or the person who plays it.
  5. noun A piece of information that may help solve a case or investigation.

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