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hämmentää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  • baffle verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
  • befuddle verb To perplex, confuse (someone).
  • bemuse verb To confuse or bewilder.
  • bewilder verb To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
  • churn verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
  • discombobulate verb To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
  • disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
  • ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
  • fluster verb To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
  • jog noun A slow, steady run, often done for exercise.
  • perplex verb To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
  • roil verb To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  • stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
  • stump noun The part of a tree, plant, or limb left behind after the rest has been cut off.

Senses

hämmentää is used for these senses in English:

  • baffle To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
  • befuddle (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • churn (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
  • discombobulate (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
  • disturb (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
  • ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
  • ferment To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.

agitate — full definition

  1. verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  2. verb To shake or stir something with force.
  3. verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.

baffle — full definition

  1. verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
  2. verb To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
  3. verb Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
  4. verb To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

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