aalto — meaning in English
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English meaning
- outbreak noun A sudden start or spread of something unwelcome, such as a disease or violence.
- rash adj Acting too quickly without thinking through the consequences.
- storm noun A period of violent weather with strong winds and often rain, thunder, or snow.
- surge noun A sudden, powerful increase or rush.
- wave noun A moving ridge on the surface of water, especially the sea.
Senses
aalto is used for these senses in English:
- Mexican wave (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the illusion of a wave passing through the crowd.
- outbreak A sudden increase.
- rash An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
- storm A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- surge A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
- tidal wave (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave.
- wave Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- wave (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
rash — full definition
- adj Acting too quickly without thinking through the consequences.
- noun An area of irritated, reddened skin, sometimes with bumps or blisters.
- noun A sudden series of similar events, usually unwelcome ones.