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heittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bowl noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  • deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • flip verb To turn something over quickly, often with a snapping motion.
  • float verb To rest or stay on the surface of a liquid instead of sinking.
  • hurl verb To throw something with great force.
  • launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
  • pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
  • toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.

Senses

heittää is used for these senses in English:

  • bowl (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  • cast To throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]
  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • cast To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
  • cast (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]
  • contrive To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
  • deliver To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
  • drive (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

bowl — full definition

  1. noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  2. noun A major American football championship game or one of several season-ending postseason games.
  3. verb In cricket, to throw or deliver the ball toward the batsman according to the rules of the game.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

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