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enlever — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
  • clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
  • doff verb To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
  • kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  • remove verb To take something away from its place.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
  • strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
  • take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.
  • zap verb To hit or destroy something suddenly with a burst of energy, electricity, or force (often used loosely, including in games or fiction).

Senses

enlever is used for these senses in English:

  • abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
  • clear (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
  • cut out (transitive) To remove; to omit.
  • doff (chiefly, clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
  • kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
  • lose (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
  • remove (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
  • secrete (transitive) To conceal.

abduct — full definition

  1. verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
  2. verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.

clear — full definition

  1. adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
  2. adj Easy to understand, see, or hear; free of ambiguity.
  3. verb To remove obstacles or unwanted items so something becomes open or unobstructed.
  4. verb To officially free someone from suspicion, blame, or an obligation.

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