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haara — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arm noun The part of the human body running from the shoulder down to the hand.
  • bifurcation noun The splitting of something into two branches or parts, or the point at which that split happens.
  • bough noun A tree branch, especially one of the larger branches growing directly from the trunk.
  • branch noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  • crotch noun The area of the body where the legs meet the torso, around the genitals.
  • fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  • limb noun An arm, leg, or wing — a major projecting part of a body used for movement.
  • offshoot noun Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  • straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.

Senses

haara is used for these senses in English:

  • arm A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
  • arm (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  • arm A branch of an organization.
  • bifurcation (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
  • bifurcation Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
  • bifurcation (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
  • bough A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
  • branch Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

arm — full definition

  1. noun The part of the human body running from the shoulder down to the hand.
  2. noun A limb of an object or organization that sticks out from the main body, such as a chair arm, a crane arm, or a branch of a company.
  3. noun A narrow stretch of water or land reaching out from a larger body.
  4. verb To equip someone or something with weapons, or more loosely, with the tools needed for a task.

bifurcation — full definition

  1. noun The splitting of something into two branches or parts, or the point at which that split happens.
  2. noun In law, the division of a trial or dispute into separate stages that are heard one after the other.
  3. noun In mathematics and physics, a sudden qualitative change in the behaviour of a system as one of its parameters passes a critical value.

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