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fallen lassen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  • down adverb From a higher place to a lower one.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • jilt noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
  • spill verb To let liquid or loose material fall out of a container by accident.

Senses

fallen lassen is used for these senses in English:

  • dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
  • down (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]
  • drop (transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]
  • fling (intransitive, now, archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
  • jilt (transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • spill (obsolete, intransitive) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

dismiss — full definition

  1. verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  2. verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
  3. verb To tell someone they are free to leave.

down — full definition

  1. adverb From a higher place to a lower one.
  2. preposition Along or through, moving in a particular direction.
  3. adjective Feeling sad or low in spirits.
  4. adjective Not functioning; out of service, especially of a computer system.
  5. verb To swallow or finish, especially a drink, quickly.

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