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skingra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  • dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  • dissolve verb To mix completely into a liquid so as to become part of the solution.
  • scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
  • spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

skingra is used for these senses in English:

  • dismiss (transitive) To order to leave.
  • dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
  • dissipate (physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
  • scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
  • spread (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]

dismiss — full definition

  1. verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  2. verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
  3. verb To tell someone they are free to leave.

dissipate — full definition

  1. verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  2. verb To waste or squander resources, money, or energy.

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