pakken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- sic adv Used in brackets after a quoted word to show it is copied exactly as written, errors included.
- take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
Senses
pakken is used for these senses in English:
- get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- seize (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- sic (transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
- take (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
get — full definition
- verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
- verb To fetch or bring something.
- verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
- verb To understand something.
seize — full definition
- verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- verb To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- verb To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- verb To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.