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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

  1. verb To remove ice or frost from something, such as a freezer or windshield.
  2. verb To thaw frozen food or another frozen substance.

digest — full definition

  1. verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
  2. verb To think over and fully take in information or an idea.
  3. noun A short summary of longer material, or a periodical made up of such summaries.

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