abstellen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
Senses
abstellen is used for these senses in English:
- draw up (transitive) To cause to come to a halt.
- put down To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- put down (obsolete, printing) To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
- stand (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- turn off (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- turn off (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
stand — full definition
- verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
- verb To be located or positioned somewhere.
- verb To tolerate or endure something, usually in the negative.
- verb To remain valid or in effect.
- verb To be a candidate in an election.
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