auflegen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- superimpose verb To put one thing on top of another so that both can still be seen.
Senses
auflegen is used for these senses in English:
- apply (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- hang up (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- put down To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- superimpose To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
- superpose (transitive) To place (an object) on top of another.
apply — full definition
- verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
- verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.
superimpose — full definition
- verb To put one thing on top of another so that both can still be seen.
- verb To build one structural system on top of another without it depending on what lies beneath.
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