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How to pronounce “elt”
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Pronunciation guide for elt
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of elt with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Garik Israelian: What's inside a star? 17 minutes
for the 42 meter E-ELT telescope.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce elt
Garik Israelian: What's inside a star? 17 minutes
for the 42 meter E-ELT telescope.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “elt”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
- [Noun]
- (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of element.
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