Stechen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- engraving noun The technique of cutting a design into a hard surface, typically to make a printing plate.
- gore noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
- pang noun A sudden, sharp burst of physical pain.
- stab verb To pierce or wound someone or something with a pointed weapon such as a knife.
- stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.
- sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.
- stingy adj Unwilling to spend, give, or share; miserly.
- stitch noun A single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, knitting, or in closing a wound.
- thrust noun A sudden strong push or lunge forward.
- trump noun In card games, a suit chosen (or turned up) to rank higher than the other three for that hand.
Senses
Stechen is used for these senses in English:
- engraving (art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.
- gore (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.
- pang (often, in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
- stab (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- stick (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- stingy (informal) Stinging; able or inclined to sting.
- stitch A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
- thrust (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
engraving — full definition
- noun The technique of cutting a design into a hard surface, typically to make a printing plate.
- noun A picture or print produced from a surface that has been engraved.
gore — full definition
- noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
- verb To wound someone by piercing them with a horn or tusk.
- noun A triangular piece of fabric or land, such as a panel sewn into a skirt or sail to add width.