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arrancar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • pluck verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.
  • wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.
  • wrest verb To pull or twist violently.
  • wring verb To twist and squeeze something, especially wet fabric, to force liquid out of it.

Senses

arrancar is used for these senses in English:

  • boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
  • pluck (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
  • tear (transitive, often, with off, or, out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
  • wrench (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]
  • wrest (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
  • wring To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

pluck — full definition

  1. verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
  2. verb To remove feathers from a bird before cooking it.
  3. verb To sound a string on an instrument by pulling and releasing it with the fingers.
  4. noun Courage and determination in a difficult situation.

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