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sataa kaatamalla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bucket noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
  • dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  • lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
  • sheet noun A large piece of thin cloth used to cover a mattress or bed.

Senses

sataa kaatamalla is used for these senses in English:

  • bucket (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
  • bucket down (idiomatic) To rain heavily.
  • dump (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To knock heavily; to stump.
  • dump (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
  • lash (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
  • pelt Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
  • rain cats and dogs (idiomatic, impersonal) To rain very heavily.
  • sheet (intransitive, of rain, or other precipitation) To pour heavily.

bucket — full definition

  1. noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
  2. noun The amount that such a container holds, or informally, a large quantity of something.
  3. verb To rain very heavily.

dump — full definition

  1. noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  2. noun (informal) An unpleasant, dirty, or run-down place.
  3. verb To get rid of or discard something, often carelessly.
  4. verb (informal) To end a romantic relationship with someone.
  5. verb (computing) To output or copy the full contents of memory, data, or a file, often for debugging.

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