Gießen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- casting noun The process of choosing actors, models, or performers for roles in a film, show, or advert.
- pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
- pour verb To make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container.
- teem verb To be stocked to overflowing.
- Water noun The clear liquid (H2O) that falls as rain and fills rivers, lakes, and seas, essential to all known life.
- watering noun The act of pouring or supplying water onto something, such as plants or land.
Senses
Gießen is used for these senses in English:
- cast To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]
- casting A manufacturing process using a mold.
- pelt Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- pour (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- water (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- watering An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
cast — full definition
- verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
- verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
- noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
- noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.
casting — full definition
- noun The process of choosing actors, models, or performers for roles in a film, show, or advert.
- noun An object made by pouring molten metal or another liquid material into a mould and letting it set.
- noun In programming, the act of converting a value from one data type to another.