precipitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
- plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
- precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
- rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.
Senses
precipitar is used for these senses in English:
- hasten (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
- plunge (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
- precipitate (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- precipitate (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
plunge — full definition
- verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
- verb To fall or drop suddenly and steeply.
- verb To suddenly enter into a difficult or extreme situation.
- noun A sudden dive, jump, or drop.