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folmhaigh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • empty adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
  • evacuate verb To leave a dangerous place, or move people out of one, for their safety.
  • exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • unpack verb To take items out of a suitcase, box, or other container.

Senses

folmhaigh is used for these senses in English:

  • discharge To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
  • empty (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.
  • evacuate To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
  • exhaust (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
  • lay waste (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • unpack (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

discharge — full definition

  1. verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  2. verb To fire a weapon, or to release something suddenly, such as a liquid, gas, or electrical charge.
  3. verb To fulfil or pay off a duty, debt, or obligation.
  4. noun The act of releasing someone or something, such as a patient, employee, or soldier.
  5. noun A substance released from the body or another source, such as pus or waste.

empty — full definition

  1. adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
  2. adj Lacking real meaning, value, or sincerity.
  3. verb To remove all the contents from something.

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