hämmern — meaning in English

English meaning

• hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
• malleate adj Having, or shaped like, a malleus or another hammer-shaped structure.

Senses

hämmern is used for these senses in English:

• hammer To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
• hammer To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
• hammer (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
• malleate (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer. [from 1598]

hammer — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
2. verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
3. verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.

malleate — full definition

1. adj Having, or shaped like, a malleus or another hammer-shaped structure.
2. adj Having a surface covered in shallow, round dents, like hammered copper.

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