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
- verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
- verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.
fall — full definition
- verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
- verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
- verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
- verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
- noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.