alejar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- wick noun The braided cord in a candle or lamp that soaks up fuel to feed the flame.
Senses
alejar is used for these senses in English:
- fend off To defend against; to repel with force or effort
- wick (transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- zoom out (intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.
wick — full definition
- noun The braided cord in a candle or lamp that soaks up fuel to feed the flame.
- noun Any strip of absorbent material that draws liquid away by capillary action, including medically, to drain a wound.
- verb Of a material, to draw liquid along or through itself.