pisara — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bead noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
- dribble verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
- drip verb To fall in individual drops.
- drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
- teardrop noun A single drop of tear fluid, or the rounded shape of such a drop.
Senses
pisara is used for these senses in English:
- bead A small drop of water or other liquid. [from 16thc.]
- dribble (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- drip A drop of a liquid.
- drop (also, figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- drop (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- drop That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
- droplet A very small drop.
- pendeloque (also, attributive) A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form. [from 19th c.]
bead — full definition
- noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
- noun A small drop of liquid, such as sweat or condensation.
- noun One of the small balls on a rosary, used for counting prayers.
dribble — full definition
- verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
- verb To let saliva or liquid drip slowly from the mouth or from a container.
- noun A small trickle of liquid, or an act of dribbling a ball.