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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

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

devour — full definition

  1. verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  2. verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
  3. verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.

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