cair — meaning in English

English meaning

• bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
• plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
• tumble verb To fall suddenly, often rolling or turning over as it happens.

Senses

cair is used for these senses in English:

• bite (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
• drop (intransitive, also, figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]
• drop (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. [from 18th c.]
• fall (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• fall for (idiomatic) To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
• go down (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
• go down (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
• plummet (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

bite — full definition

1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

drop — full definition

1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

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