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äestää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • cultivate verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  • harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.

Senses

äestää is used for these senses in English:

  • brake (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow.
  • cultivate To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
  • harrow (transitive) To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

cultivate — full definition

  1. verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  2. verb To develop or improve a skill, relationship, or quality over time.

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