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Results for: "precipitate"

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Translations:

precipitate
→ bezinksel

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (1)

1. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering;


VERB (5)

1. bring about abruptly;
- Example: "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

2. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles;

3. fall from clouds;
- Example: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"
- Example: "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
[syn: precipitate, come down, fall]

4. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong;
- Example: "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

5. hurl or throw violently;
- Example: "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
- Example: "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare
- Example: "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes
- Example: "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"
- Example: "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
[syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]