sammua — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
sammua is used for these senses in English:
- cut out (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- flame out (of processes and equipment involving combustion) To fail due to extinction of flame. [from 20th c.]
- go out To be turned off or extinguished.
- peter out (intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
- stall (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- zonk out (slang) To fall suddenly into a very deep sleep.
faint — full definition
- adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
- adj Feeling weak or dizzy, as if about to lose consciousness.
- verb To lose consciousness briefly, usually from lack of blood flow to the brain.
stall — full definition
- noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
- noun A compartment for one animal in a stable or barn.
- verb To stop making progress, often unintentionally; to come to a standstill.
- verb To use delaying tactics to put something off.
- noun The loss of lift in an aircraft when its angle of attack becomes too steep for the airspeed.