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Meaning of elül | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
[ˈɛlyl]

Definitions

  1. to sit away, to sit elsewhere (from: mellől or -tól/-től)
    intransitive
  2. to sit down
    dated, intransitive, rare
  3. to block (by sitting)
    transitive
  4. to sit for a while
    intransitive, transitive
  5. to make numb by sitting
    transitive
  6. to go to perch, to go to roost (somewhere)
    intransitive, usually
  7. to sink, to subside
    intransitive, literary, usually
  8. to settle
    intransitive, literary, usually
  9. to go down, to set (of a celestial body, to disappear below the horizon)
    dated, intransitive, literary
  10. to cover, to settle upon
    dated, literally, literary, transitive
  11. to die down, to subside
    intransitive
  12. to fade away, to recede
    dated, intransitive, literary
  13. to pale, to pale in comparison (beside/next to: mellett)
    dated, intransitive, rare

Equivalents

English taper off
Español aflojar
Suomi hiipua
Français estomper
Italiano calare
日本語 細る
Latina oblanguesco
Svenska avta

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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