etenemä — meaning in English

English meaning

• drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
• run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.

Senses

etenemä is used for these senses in English:

• drift The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
• run The horizontal length of a set of stairs
• run (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

drift — full definition

1. noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
2. noun A large mound of snow, sand, or debris piled up by wind or current.
3. noun The general meaning or intention of something said.
4. verb To move slowly and without control, carried by wind, water, or circumstance.

run — full definition

1. verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
2. verb To manage or be in charge of something.
3. verb To operate or function, especially of a machine, program, or system.
4. verb To flow, as a liquid does.
5. noun An act of running.

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