colmater

colmater [kɔlmate]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

[+ fuite] to stop ; [+ fissure, trou] to fill in ; [+ déficit] to make up

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kɔlmate

verbe transitif

1) (boucher) to plug, to seal off [fuite]; to seal [fente]

2) fig

colmater les brèches — to fill in the gaps

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kɔlmate vt

[fuite] to seal off, [brèche] to plug, to fill in

colmater les brèches fig — to plug the gaps

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colmater verb table: aimer vtr

1 (boucher) to plug, to seal off [fuite]; to seal [fente];

2 fig (réparer) colmater les brèches to fill in the gaps; Mil colmater une brèche to seal a gap.

[kɔlmate] verbe transitif

1. [boucher] to fill in (separable), to plug, to repair

colmater un déficit to reduce a deficit

colmater les brèches (sens propre & figuré) to close the gaps

2. AGRICULTURE to warp

3. MILITAIRE to consolidate