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niederschlagen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deck noun A floor-like structure on a ship or the outdoor platform attached to a house.
  • floor noun The surface on which you walk inside a room or building.
  • precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
  • slug noun A soft-bodied, shell-less land mollusk related to the snail.

Senses

niederschlagen is used for these senses in English:

  • deck (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
  • floor To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
  • knock down (transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
  • precipitate (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
  • precipitate (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
  • put down To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
  • slug (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.

deck — full definition

  1. noun A floor-like structure on a ship or the outdoor platform attached to a house.
  2. noun A complete pack of playing cards.
  3. verb To decorate or dress something up, often elaborately.
  4. verb To knock someone down with a punch (informal).

floor — full definition

  1. noun The surface on which you walk inside a room or building.
  2. noun A storey or level of a building.
  3. noun A set minimum limit, especially for a price or rate.
  4. verb To knock someone down, or to shock or overwhelm them completely.

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