"Atas" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
átas - A method of catching fish by
draining off the water; to drain a riverchannel, to strand fish by draining off the
water. Ang kanál ginaátas, ang ísdà
ginaatásan. The channel is drained, the
fish is caught by draining off the water.
Atási akó sing ísdà. Catch fish for me by
draining off the water. Mangátas kitá. Let
us go fishing by the átas method. Iátas akó
ánay. Please take my place at fishing by the
method called átas.
átas v {1} [B126] be sickly, retarded in growth after being made to do s.t.
before reaching the proper age.
Maátas ang baktin kun sayung lutásun, The piglet will be stunted if you wean it prematurely.
{2} [A; a12] wear out a razor blade.
() a worn out dull.
v [B] get worn out.
Muatas ang labáha, The razor will get dull.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
alatasán - (H) A water channel that can be drained for catching fish by the method of "átas”, (which see).
Read the complete definitionalatasón - (H) Fish to be caught by draining away water and leaving them stranded. (átas).
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