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palautua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defrost verb To remove ice or frost from something, such as a freezer or windshield.
  • normalize verb To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
  • recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
  • resile verb To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
  • resort noun A place people visit for a holiday, often with hotels, entertainment, and leisure facilities.
  • revert verb To go back to a previous state, condition, or topic.

Senses

palautua is used for these senses in English:

  • defrost (informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.
  • normalize (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
  • recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
  • resile To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
  • resort (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
  • revert (transitive, now, rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
  • revert (intransitive, legal) Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.
  • revert (intransitive) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.

defrost — full definition

  1. verb To remove ice or frost from something, such as a freezer or windshield.
  2. verb To thaw frozen food or another frozen substance.

normalize — full definition

  1. verb To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
  2. verb To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.
  3. verb To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
  4. verb To become normal; to return to a normal state.

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