- poistaa säiliöstä
pour water from a jug
pour, poured, poured
- poistaa säiliöstä
I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
spill, spilled, spilled
- to bring about the downfall of
I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
uncountable · overthrow, overthrew, overthrown
- to catch
Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
upsetsubstantiivi, adjektiiviˈʌpsɛt tip, overturnHe was upset when she refused his friendship.
uncountable
- to make something fall
one fell swoop
fell, felled, felled
- to cause to collapse
Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
uncountable · collapse, collapsed, collapsed
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide
to shed something in two
shed, shed, shed
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil
the tip of one's nose
tip, tiped, tiped
- (intransitive, or, transitive)
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
turn, turned, turned
- (informal) A fall
The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
topple, toppled, toppled
- (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense
The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
surpass, surpassed, surpassed
- (transitive, now, literary) To kill; to murder
The knight slew the dragon.
slay, slew, n
- To push something such that it falls
The pilot pushed over into a dive to try to outrun the enemy fighters.
push over, push overed, push overed
- to overthrow
overturn, overturned, overturned
- to ruin financially
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
break, broke, broken
downadverbi, substantiivi, prepositio, adjektiivi/daʊn/US to dropThe cat jumped down from the table.
uncountable · down, downed, downed
- (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.
deck, decked, decked
- (transitive) to cause to overturn
capsize, capsized, capsized
- to cause to lie down
He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
prostrate, prostrated, prostrated
- to cause to fall to the ground
bowl over, bowl overed, bowl overed
- computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding
The lights hung from the ceiling.
hang, hung, hung