Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
elapsed
(adjective) (of time) having passed or slipped by; “elapsed time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
elapsed
simple past tense and past participle of elapse
• delapse, pleased, sepaled
Source: Wiktionary
E*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.] Etym: [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
Definition: To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.