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açoite — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • scourge noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
  • switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
  • whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.

Senses

açoite is used for these senses in English:

  • crop An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
  • scourge (weaponry, chiefly, historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
  • switch A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
  • whip A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

crop — full definition

  1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
  3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

scourge — full definition

  1. noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
  2. noun A person or thing that causes widespread suffering.
  3. verb To cause great and lasting suffering to; to afflict severely.

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