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haka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  • corral noun A fenced enclosure for keeping livestock, especially horses or cattle.
  • croft noun A small enclosed field or piece of farmland, especially one rented out for small-scale farming, particularly in Scotland.
  • hook noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.
  • paddock noun A small fenced field, especially one used for grazing or exercising horses.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.

Senses

haka is used for these senses in English:

  • carbon monoxide (inorganic compound) A colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas.
  • catch (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
  • corral An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
  • croft An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
  • hook A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • paddock (also, figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
  • paddock (horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
  • piton (climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).

catch — full definition

  1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  2. verb To become infected with an illness.
  3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
  4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
  5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

corral — full definition

  1. noun A fenced enclosure for keeping livestock, especially horses or cattle.
  2. verb To round up and confine animals or people.

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