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miswed – verb

miswed

To wed improperly.

Base Form (Infinitive): To Miswed.
Third-person singular simple present: misweds.
Present participle: miswedding.
Simple past: miswed or miswedded.
Part participle: miswed or miswedded.

Pronunciation: Miswed:

https://www.wordsense.eu/miswed/
https://conjugacao.reverso.net/conjugacao-ingles-verbo-miswed.html
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/miswed.html

overstand – verb

overstand

(Transitive)

(Archaic)

to outstay (something).

ultrapassar (algo).

to keep on a navigational course beyond (a mark).

manter um curso de navegação além de (uma marca).

To stand over (formerly especially so as to guard or intimidate);

Ficar de pé (antigamente especialmente para proteger ou intimidar);

to stand higher than or above.

ficar mais alto ou acima.

(University)
“to be overstanding for honours”: to be ineligible for honours in an examination because more than the permitted number of terms (normally twelve) has elapsed since one’s matriculation.The phrase ‘disqualified by standing’ is now preferred in the Oxford University Examination Decrees & Regulations.

(Sailing)
To sail past (a line or mark indicating the course of a race) by staying on a tack for too long.

To understand. Now used (especially in Caribbean and African-American usage) to avoid the negative connotations of under, perceived as incompatible with the positive meaning of the verb.

Contrasted with understand in other ways, as: to understand more than is necessary or desirable; to analyse excessively; to understand fully.

(Informal)

Entender completamente.

(Navegação)

Manter-se em uma linha num ângulo maior que o normal.

Pronunciation: overstand: /ˌəʊvəˈstand/

Past simple: overstood.

Pronunciation: overstood: /ˌoʊ vərˈstʊd/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstand

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/pt/dictionary/english/overstand

https://www.lexico.com/definition/overstand#h70267301477960

https://educalingo.com/pt/dic-en/overstand

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stave – verb

stave

(IPA: steɪv )

stave

verbal forms


present tense: staves

(IPA: steɪvz )

staves


present participle: staving

staving


past tense, past participle: staved / stove

staved
stove

past tense, past simple: staved / stove

staved
stove

  • (transitive; often foll by in)
    to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken or crushed
  • (transitive; usually foll by in)
    to burst or force (a hole in something)
  • (transitive)
    to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves
  • (transitive) Scottish
    to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)
  • (transitive)
    to puncture or smash, esp. by breaking in a stave or staves
  • (transitive)
    to beat as with a staff
  • (transitive)
    to furnish with staves
  • (intransitive)
    to be or become stove in, as a boat; break up or in

Pode significar:

Fazer um buraco, furar o casco.

Exemplo: Stave in a boat. (Quebrar o casco num barco).

Quebrar internamente.

Exemplo: Staved in several ribs. (Quebrado em diversas costelas).

Muito usado também com a preposição off, que significa impedir. To stave off.

Exemplo: We need to stave off the threat. (Nós precisamos impedir a ameaça).

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/pt/dictionary/english/stave
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/stove