mata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
- gauge verb To measure something precisely, especially using a dedicated instrument.
- measure verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
- mete verb To mete out: to deal out or distribute something, especially punishment or reward.
Senses
mata is used for these senses in English:
- feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- gauge (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- mete (transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
- spoon-feed (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
feed — full definition
- verb To give food to a person or animal.
- verb To supply material into a machine or process.
- noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
- noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.
gauge — full definition
- verb To measure something precisely, especially using a dedicated instrument.
- verb To estimate or judge, especially something hard to measure directly, like a mood or reaction.
- noun An instrument used for measuring, or the standard measurement itself (such as the thickness of wire or sheet metal, or the diameter of a shotgun barrel).