Vi fant 8 definisjoner av displace på engelsk.
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| displace - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" | ||
| fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | ||
| employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| pension off let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" | ||
| clean out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers" | ||
| furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" | ||
| squeeze out force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" | ||
| send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" | ||
| displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| dislocate put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" | ||
| dislodge, bump remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" | ||
| transplant, transfer place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| crowd out, force out emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter" | ||
| evacuate excrete or discharge from the body | ||
| deracinate, uproot pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" | ||
| displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | ||
| move | ||
| mobilise, mobilize, circulate cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" | ||
| relocate move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" | ||
| luxate, dislocate, splay, slip put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| station, send, post, place assign to a station | ||
| raise up, commove, stir up, disturb, vex, agitate, shake up damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" | ||
| funnel move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle" | ||
| brandish, flourish, wave move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" | ||
| force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| transport, carry move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" | ||
| tug struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" | ||
| disarrange disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers" | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| mesh, operate, lock, engage work together in harmony | ||
| impel, propel urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | ||
| set in motion, launch smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| twine, wrap, wind, roll make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" | ||
| wind off, unroll, unwind reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" | ||
| wedge, force, squeeze squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| disgorge, shed, spill cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" | ||
| splatter, slop, spill feed pigs | ||
| unseat dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse | ||
| disunite, part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| deracinate, root out, extirpate, uproot surgically remove (an organ) | ||
| press down, depress press down; "Depress the space key" | ||
| lift remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| riffle, flick, ruffle shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| take back cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days" | ||
| centre, center move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" | ||
| pump question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information" | ||
| scan read metrically; "scan verses" | ||
| bump around, jar, shake up place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" | ||
| dandle pet; "the grandfather dandled the small child" | ||
| revolve, roll turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" | ||
| force, push impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| rock, sway move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" | ||
| fluctuate be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates" | ||
| pulse produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" | ||
| reposition, dislodge, shift place into another position | ||
| glide move smoothly and effortlessly | ||
| stir mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| knock over, bowl over, tip over, tump over, overturn, upset, turn over turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" | ||
| ship, transport, send place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" | ||
| send, direct transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" | ||
| transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" | ||
| saltate leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" | ||
| let down, take down, lower, bring down, get down reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | ||
| lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock" | ||
| drop give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" | ||
| sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| bring forward, advance rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" | ||
| chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" | ||
| transfer, shift transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| herd, crowd move together, like a herd | ||
| circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" | ||
| pass around, pass on, circulate, distribute give to or transfer possession of; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" | ||
| drive out, rout out, rouse, force out force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| race, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| woosh, whoosh move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" | ||
| pour move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" | ||
| slip insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" | ||
| bring outside, exteriorize make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" | ||
| upstage steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress" | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| turn over, turn do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| slide move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| whistle utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" | ||
| flap, beat pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | ||
| singsong speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong | ||
| hustle pressure or urge someone into an action | ||
| wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day" | ||
| rake gather with a rake; "rake leaves" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| drag proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" | ||
| pull, draw strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" | ||
| lateralize move or displace to one side so as to make lateral | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| hit, strike pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| sling hurl as if with a sling | ||
| change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" | ||
| displace - take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor" | ||
| preempt | ||
| supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" | ||
