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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

  1. noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
  2. noun A small drop of liquid, such as sweat or condensation.
  3. noun One of the small balls on a rosary, used for counting prayers.

dribble — full definition

  1. verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
  2. verb To let saliva or liquid drip slowly from the mouth or from a container.
  3. noun A small trickle of liquid, or an act of dribbling a ball.

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