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schütten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pour verb To make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container.
  • spill verb To let liquid or loose material fall out of a container by accident.
  • teem verb To be stocked to overflowing.

Senses

schütten is used for these senses in English:

  • pour (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
  • spill (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
  • teem (archaic) To empty.

pour — full definition

  1. verb To make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container.
  2. verb To rain very heavily.
  3. verb To move steadily in large numbers, like a stream.

spill — full definition

  1. verb To let liquid or loose material fall out of a container by accident.
  2. verb To reveal secret or private information.
  3. noun An amount of liquid that has spilled, or the mess it leaves.

Related German words