gas
To attack or kill with poison gasTo attack or kill with poison gas.
» Is gas available in this neighborhood?
Gibt es in diesem Stadtviertel Gasanschluss? — Tamy
Чи цей район газифікований? — tikan0
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9 senses(transitive)To attack or kill with poison gas.
The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
vergasen
attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
(transitive)To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
(intransitive, slang)To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
(slang, transitive)To impose upon by talking boastfully.
(intransitive)To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.
(transitive)To impregnate with gas.
to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
(transitive)To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
to gas thread
(US)To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!
Gas geben
жать на газžatʹ na gaz, газова́тьgazovátʹ, газану́тьgazanútʹ
(US)To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
auftanken, tanken
заправля́тьzapravljátʹ, запра́витьzaprávitʹ
Examples
1074 sentencesIs gas available in this neighborhood?
Чи цей район газифікований? — tikan0
deGibt es in diesem Stadtviertel Gasanschluss? — Tamy
This car runs on natural gas.
Цей автомобіль працює на природньому газі. — deniko
ruЭтот автомобиль работает на природном газе. — odexed
deDieses Auto fährt mit Gas. — Tamy
We have run out of gas.
У нас закінчився бензин. — deniko
ruУ нас кончился бензин. — marafon
deUns ist das Benzin ausgegangen. — MikeMolto
Did you turn off the gas?
Ти вимкнув газ? — deniko
ruТы выключил газ? — Selena777
deHast du das Gas abgedreht? — Esperantostern
Large cars use lots of gas.
Великі машини споживають багато бензину. — deniko
ruБольшие машины потребляют много топлива. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. DerBorrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
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Forms
gases, gassing, gassed, gassedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
12 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- out of gas
- tear gas
- gas station
- off the gas
- a gas station
- fired tear gas
- of gas on
- tank of gas
- next gas station
- gas mileage
- the gas tank
- gas mask
See also
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