掛かる — meaning in English

English meaning

• cost verb To require the payment of a certain amount of money.
• hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
• take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

掛かる is used for these senses in English:

• cost (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
• hang (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
• suffer from (transitive) To have a particular disease or condition.
• take (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).

cost — full definition

1. verb To require the payment of a certain amount of money.
2. verb To cause someone to lose something.
3. noun The amount of money, time, or effort needed to get or do something.
4. noun A loss or negative result suffered in order to achieve something.

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.

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