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Cão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • andiron noun A metal stand used to hold up logs in a fireplace, usually placed in pairs.
  • dog noun A domesticated mammal (Canis familiaris) kept as a pet or working animal, closely related to wolves.
  • ham noun Meat from the thigh of a pig, cured or cooked for eating.
  • hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
  • khan noun A historical title for a ruler or nobleman among Turkic and Mongol peoples, most famously Genghis Khan.

Senses

Cão is used for these senses in English:

  • age Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.
  • age Forming nouns of a relationship or state.
  • tion (non-productive) Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.
  • Ham (biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
  • andiron (usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side
  • dog A mammal of the family Canidae:
  • dog (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
  • hammer (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.
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