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apanar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • batter verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  • finesse noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  • fix verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
  • repair verb To fix something that is broken or damaged.
  • rig noun A large piece of equipment used for a specific task, especially for drilling or trucking.
  • tamper verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.

Senses

apanar is used for these senses in English:

  • batter (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
  • finesse (ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]
  • fix (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
  • fix (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
  • repair To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
  • rig (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  • tamper (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

batter — full definition

  1. verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  2. noun A liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk used in baking or to coat food before frying.
  3. noun In cricket or baseball, the player at bat.

finesse — full definition

  1. noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  2. verb To handle a tricky situation cleverly or skilfully, often to get around a problem.

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