deterere

  • 41derretir — (Cruce del lat. deterĕre y reterĕre, deshacer). 1. tr. Liquidar, disolver por medio del calor algo sólido, congelado o pastoso. U. t. c. prnl.) 2. Consumir, gastar, disipar la hacienda, el dinero, los muebles. 3. coloq. En el juego, generalmente… …

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  • 42Kleid — 1. Alt Klâder drêd em gärn. (Siebenbürg. sächs.) – Schuster, 816. 2. Alte Kleider lachen über eine weiche Bürste (oder: wollen eine scharfe Bürste). 3. Alte Kleider soll man nicht wegwerffen, man hab denn newe. – Lehmann, 9, 56. 4. Alte Kleider… …

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  • 43detriment — ► NOUN ▪ harm or damage: she fasted to the detriment of her health. DERIVATIVES detrimental adjective detrimentally adjective. ORIGIN Latin detrimentum, from deterere wear away …

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  • 44detrimental — detriment ► NOUN ▪ harm or damage: she fasted to the detriment of her health. DERIVATIVES detrimental adjective detrimentally adjective. ORIGIN Latin detrimentum, from deterere wear away …

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  • 45detrimentally — detriment ► NOUN ▪ harm or damage: she fasted to the detriment of her health. DERIVATIVES detrimental adjective detrimentally adjective. ORIGIN Latin detrimentum, from deterere wear away …

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  • 46detrital — detritus ► NOUN ▪ debris or waste material. DERIVATIVES detrital adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from deterere wear away …

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  • 47detritus — ► NOUN ▪ debris or waste material. DERIVATIVES detrital adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from deterere wear away …

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  • 48detriment — [15] Etymologically, detriment denotes damage caused by ‘wearing away’. The word comes via Old French from Latin dētrīmentum, a derivative of dēterere ‘wear away’ (whose past participle is the source of English detritus [18]). This was a compound …

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  • 49detriment — [de′trə mənt] n. [ME & OFr < L detrimentum, a rubbing off, damage < detritus, pp. of deterere, to rub off, wear away < de , off, from + terere, to rub: see THROW] 1. damage; injury; harm 2. anything that causes damage or injury …

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  • 50detrited — ]ə̇d adjective Etymology: Latin detritus worn down (past participle of deterere to wear down, wear out) + English ed 1. : worn down a detrited coin 2. : resulting from disintegration : detrital …

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