poistaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• bate verb To make something weaker or less strong.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
• defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
• delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
• deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
• detract verb To take something away or reduce it.
• discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
• discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
• dislodge verb To force something out of a position it had been fixed or settled in.
• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
• erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
• eviscerate verb To take out the internal organs of a body.
• excise noun A tax on goods produced and sold within a country, as opposed to a tax on imports.
• exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
• expel verb To force someone out of a place, group, or organization, often as punishment.
• expunge verb To rub out or cross something out completely.
• extirpate verb To clear a piece of ground of roots and tree stumps.
• extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
• kick verb To hit or strike something with the foot.
• oust verb To force someone out of a position of power or place, often against their will.
• pop verb To make a sudden sharp sound, especially from bursting.
• redact verb To hide or take out certain parts of a document while keeping the rest.
• remove verb To take something away from its place.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
• strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
• uninstall verb To remove a program or piece of equipment from a computer completely.
• write off verb To decide that someone or something is a failure and not worth any further effort or attention.

Senses

poistaa is used for these senses in English:

• abstract (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
• bate (transitive, sometimes, figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
• cancel (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
• clear (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• cut out (transitive) To remove; to omit.
• defeat (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
• deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

abstract — full definition

1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colors, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

bate — full definition

1. verb To make something weaker or less strong.
2. verb To hold something back, often while waiting eagerly for what comes next.
3. verb To take something away or get rid of it.
4. verb To not include something; to leave it out.

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