abandonner — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- backwater noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
- desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
- ditch noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
- forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
- forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
- jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
- jilt noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
- maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
- quit verb To resign from a job or position.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
- resign verb To formally give up a job or position.
- scrap noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.
- strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
Senses
abandonner is used for these senses in English:
- abort (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
- abort (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- backwater (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
- calve (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
- cast off (transitive) To discard or reject something.
- desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- ditch (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- forfeit To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.