haihduttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• dispel verb To make fears, doubts, or false ideas disappear by showing they have no basis.
• exhale verb To breathe out; to push air out of the lungs.
• fade verb To gradually lose colour, brightness, strength, or intensity.
• transpire verb To happen or occur.

Senses

haihduttaa is used for these senses in English:

• dispel (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
• exhale (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
• sublimate (also, figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
• transpire (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]

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