cień — meaning in English

English meaning

• mincemeat noun A sweet mixture of chopped dried fruit, spices, and suet, traditionally used to fill mince pies.
• shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
• shadow noun A dark shape cast on a surface when something blocks light.
• suspicion noun A feeling that something is wrong or that someone has done something wrong, without proof.

Senses

cień is used for these senses in English:

• mincemeat (by extension) Something or someone utterly destroyed.
• suspicion A trace, or slight indication.

mincemeat — full definition

1. noun A sweet mixture of chopped dried fruit, spices, and suet, traditionally used to fill mince pies.
2. noun Informally, something or someone completely destroyed or defeated (as in "make mincemeat of").

shade — full definition

1. noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
2. noun A particular variation of a color.
3. noun A subtly insulting remark (often "throw shade").
4. verb To block or shield from light.

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