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encasillar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • classify verb To sort into groups or categories based on shared traits.
  • peg noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.
  • pigeonhole noun One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft.

Senses

encasillar is used for these senses in English:

  • classify to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
  • peg (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
  • pigeonhole To place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive; to categorize, to classify, to label.
  • typecast To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.

classify — full definition

  1. verb To sort into groups or categories based on shared traits.
  2. verb To officially mark information as secret.

peg — full definition

  1. noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.
  2. verb To fasten with a peg, or to fix a price or value at a set level.
  3. verb To throw something, especially a ball, often hard.

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