gaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• bend verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
• step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.

Senses

gaan is used for these senses in English:

• bend (transitive) To cause to change direction.
• do (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
• go (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
• going to Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.
• set out (intransitive) To go out, leave.
• step (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.

bend — full definition

1. verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
2. verb To curve or change direction.
3. verb To lean or stoop the body.
4. verb To adapt rules or facts to suit a purpose.
5. noun A curve, turn, or angle.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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