anlassen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anneal verb 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 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
- verb 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.
- verb To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- verb To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- verb To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
start — full definition
- verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
- verb To get an engine or machine running.
- verb To jerk or flinch suddenly from surprise or fear.
- noun The beginning point of something, such as an activity, race, or period of time.