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partir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • branch noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • cleave verb To split something apart, typically with a sharp tool or a forceful blow.
  • depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  • divide verb To split something into two or more parts.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • part noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.

Senses

partir is used for these senses in English:

  • branch (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
  • break (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
  • break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
  • cleave (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  • come out To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.
  • depart (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
  • depart (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
  • go away To depart or leave a place.

branch — full definition

  1. noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  2. noun One of several local offices or outlets belonging to a larger organisation.
  3. noun A distinct part or subdivision of a subject, family, or system.
  4. verb To split into two or more parts, or to grow outward like a tree limb.

break — full definition

  1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
  3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
  4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
  5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

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