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jäädä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  • rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

jäädä is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]
  • fall (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  • remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • rest (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
  • stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
  • stay behind (idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

fall — full definition

  1. verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  2. verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
  3. verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
  4. verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
  5. noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.

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