haista — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hum verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
- savour noun A distinctive taste, smell, or quality that something has.
- smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
- stink verb To give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- suck verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.
Senses
haista is used for these senses in English:
- hum (transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
- savour To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- savour (archaic) Of a thing: to give off a (specified) aroma or smell.
- smell (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- suck (chiefly, North American, intransitive, stative, colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]
hum — full definition
- verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
- verb To make a low, steady, continuous sound.
- noun A low, steady, continuous sound.
savour — full definition
- noun A distinctive taste, smell, or quality that something has.
- verb To enjoy food, drink, or an experience slowly and fully.
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