Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.

    dekantieren

    деканти́роватьdekantírovatʹ

    декантуватиdekantuvaty

    pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment

  2. (transitive)To pour from its original vessel into one intended for a different use or appearance.

    to decant wine

    umgießen, umfüllen

    перелива́тьperelivátʹ, перели́тьperelítʹ

    переливатиperelyvaty

  3. To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.

  4. To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.

  5. (archaic, intransitive)To flow.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom decanted the wine.

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  2. Tom decanted the wine quickly.

    deTom füllte den Wein schnell um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to pour off gently so as not to disturb the sediment; to decant wine:
to pour from one vessel into another:
Русский
By meaning 2
to pour off gently so as not to disturb the sediment; to decant wine:
to pour from one vessel into another:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pour off gently so as not to disturb the sediment; to decant wine:
to pour from one vessel into another:

Origin

From French décanter, from Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from dē- + canthus (“beak of a cup o

From French décanter, from Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from dē- + canthus (“beak of a cup or jug”).

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Forms

decants, decanting, decanted, decanted
Base formdecant · to decant
3rd person singulardecants
Present participledecanting
Past simpledecanted
Past participledecanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecant
he, she, itdecants

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decanted
he, she, ithas decanted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decant

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment:pourpour out

Word family

5 related words
Relatedcanthusdecanterdecantation
Deriveddecantabledouble-decant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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