salto — meaning in English

English meaning

• bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
• cascade noun A waterfall, or a series of small waterfalls tumbling down in stages.
• heel noun The rounded back part of the foot, or the corresponding part of a shoe or sock.
• hop noun A short jump, especially on one leg or foot.
• jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
• leap verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.
• waterfall noun A place where a stream or river drops steeply over a cliff or rock ledge.

Senses

salto is used for these senses in English:

• bound A sizeable jump, great leap.
• cascade A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
• hop A short jump.
• jump (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

bound — full definition

1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.

cascade — full definition

1. noun A waterfall, or a series of small waterfalls tumbling down in stages.
2. noun A rapid chain of events, where each one triggers the next.
3. verb To flow or fall in stages, like a waterfall; or to happen as a chain reaction.

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