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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

  1. verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
  2. verb To be located or positioned somewhere.
  3. verb To tolerate or endure something, usually in the negative.
  4. verb To remain valid or in effect.
  5. verb To be a candidate in an election.

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