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appendere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • put up phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.
  • suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.

Senses

appendere is used for these senses in English:

  • hang (intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  • hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • hang (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  • hang up (transitive) To put up to hang.
  • put up (transitive) To hang; to mount.
  • suspend To hang freely; underhang.

hang — full definition

  1. verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  2. verb To kill someone by suspending them by the neck.
  3. verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed, informal way (often "hang out").
  4. noun A general understanding of how to do or use something.

put up — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.
  2. phrasal verb To let someone stay in your home or pay for their accommodation for a short time.
  3. phrasal verb To provide or offer something — money, resistance, an argument or a candidate.

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