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cuir suas — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
  • erect adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  • gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • put up phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.

Senses

cuir suas is used for these senses in English:

  • apply (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
  • erect (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  • erect To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  • gain (intransitive) To put on weight.
  • pitch (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
  • put on (transitive) To gain (weight).

apply — full definition

  1. verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
  2. verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
  3. verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.

erect — full definition

  1. adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  2. adjective Of a penis or clitoris: stiff and swollen with blood, as a result of sexual arousal.
  3. verb To build or put up (a structure), typically by fitting the parts together.
  4. verb To set something upright, or establish something such as an organization or system.

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