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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

  1. adj Acting too quickly without thinking through the consequences.
  2. noun An area of irritated, reddened skin, sometimes with bumps or blisters.
  3. noun A sudden series of similar events, usually unwelcome ones.

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