anlassen — meaning in English

English meaning

• anneal verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.
• start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
• temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.

Senses

anlassen is used for these senses in English:

• anneal (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
• start (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
• temper The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.

anneal — full definition

1. verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.
2. verb To cool glass down gradually so that stress does not build up inside it.
3. verb To fix colored designs onto glass or another surface using heat.
4. verb (biology) To join two single strands of DNA or RNA together into a double strand.

start — full definition

1. verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
2. verb To get an engine or machine running.
3. verb To jerk or flinch suddenly from surprise or fear.
4. noun The beginning point of something, such as an activity, race, or period of time.

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