aventar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
- slap noun A quick blow with the open hand.
- throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
- toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.
- winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
Senses
aventar is used for these senses in English:
- fling (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- slap (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
- throw To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- throw out (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
- toss To throw with an initial upward direction.
- winnow (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
fling — full definition
- verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
- noun A brief, casual romantic or sexual relationship.
- noun A short period of enthusiastic, unrestrained enjoyment.
slap — full definition
- noun A quick blow with the open hand.
- verb To hit someone or something with an open hand.
- verb To put something down carelessly or quickly.
- verb To impose a penalty or charge on someone.