decant, pour, pour out
(verb) pour out; “the sommelier decanted the wines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decant (third-person singular simple present decants, present participle decanting, simple past and past participle decanted)
(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
(archaic, intransitive) To flow.
(science fiction) To remove a clone from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
• cadent, canted, dacent
Source: Wiktionary
De*cant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decanting.] Etym: [F. décanter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. dé- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.]
Definition: To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
