schlingen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
- gulp verb To swallow quickly and in large amounts.
- link verb To join two or more things together, or to show a connection between them.
- swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
- wrap verb To cover something completely by folding material around it.
Senses
schlingen is used for these senses in English:
- bolt (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
- gulp To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
- link (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
- swallow (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]
- wrap (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.
devour — full definition
- verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
- verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.