sammua — meaning in English

English meaning

• faint adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.

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

1. adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
2. adj Feeling weak or dizzy, as if about to lose consciousness.
3. verb To lose consciousness briefly, usually from lack of blood flow to the brain.

stall — full definition

1. noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
2. noun A compartment for one animal in a stable or barn.
3. verb To stop making progress, often unintentionally; to come to a standstill.
4. verb To use delaying tactics to put something off.
5. noun The loss of lift in an aircraft when its angle of attack becomes too steep for the airspeed.

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