sulattaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- defrost verb To remove ice or frost from something, such as a freezer or windshield.
- digest verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
- melt verb To turn from a solid into a liquid through heat.
- render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
- smelt noun A small silvery fish found in cold ocean waters and lakes.
- thaw verb To melt or soften after being frozen, or to cause something frozen to melt.
Senses
sulattaa is used for these senses in English:
- break down (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
- defrost (transitive) To remove frost from.
- defrost (transitive) To thaw something.
- digest (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
- digest (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
- render (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- smelt To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
- thaw (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
defrost — full definition
- verb To remove ice or frost from something, such as a freezer or windshield.
- verb To thaw frozen food or another frozen substance.
digest — full definition
- verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
- verb To think over and fully take in information or an idea.
- noun A short summary of longer material, or a periodical made up of such summaries.