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tirare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • chuck noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  • draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
  • hurl verb To throw something with great force.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
  • pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.
  • sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
  • toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.
  • tug verb To pull at something with a sharp or sustained effort.

Senses

tirare is used for these senses in English:

  • cast To throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]
  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • chuck (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
  • draw (figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.
  • draw (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
  • hurl (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
  • power (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
  • pull (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

chuck — full definition

  1. noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  2. noun A device that grips a drill bit, workpiece, or similar object firmly in place.
  3. verb Informal: to throw something, often carelessly.
  4. verb Informal: to discard or throw something away.
  5. verb Informal, British: to end a relationship with someone; to dump.

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