muuntaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- commute verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
- convert verb To change something from one form, substance, or purpose into another.
- throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
- transform verb To change something greatly in appearance, nature, or character.
Senses
muuntaa is used for these senses in English:
- cast (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]
- commute To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
- convert (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- convert (transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
- throw (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- throw To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- transform (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
cast — full definition
- verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
- verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
- noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
- noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.
commute — full definition
- verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
- noun The regular journey between home and work.
- verb To reduce a legal penalty or sentence to something less severe.