matar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- croak noun A low, rough sound made in the throat, especially the call of a frog.
- cull verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
- eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- mortify verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- postmark noun A mark stamped on mail by the postal service showing where and when it was processed.
- slaughter noun The killing of animals for food.
- slay verb To kill.
Senses
matar is used for these senses in English:
- butcher (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- croak To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- cull To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- eliminate (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- postmark (transitive) To apply a postmark on.
- slaughter (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
- slaughter (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
butcher — full definition
- noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
- verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
- verb To ruin or botch something badly.
croak — full definition
- noun A low, rough sound made in the throat, especially the call of a frog.
- verb To make a low, rough sound, or to say something in a hoarse voice.
- verb Informal: to die.