schaken — meaning in English
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English meaning
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chess
noun A strategy board game for two players, played on a chequered board with sixteen pieces per side, aiming to trap (checkmate) the opponent's king.
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ravish
verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.
Senses
schaken is used for these senses in English:
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chess
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
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ravish
(archaic, or, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
ravish — full definition
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verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.
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verb An older, formal word meaning to rape or sexually assault.
