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kätkeä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cache noun A hidden store of items kept for future use.
  • conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
  • hide verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
  • involve verb To include something as a necessary part.
  • mask noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • sheathe verb To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
  • stash verb To put something away safely or secretly, meaning to use later.
  • wrap verb To cover something completely by folding material around it.

Senses

kätkeä is used for these senses in English:

  • cache (transitive) To place in a cache.
  • conceal (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • geocache (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache.
  • hide (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  • involve To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.
  • mask (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
  • mask (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  • secrete (transitive) To conceal.

cache — full definition

  1. noun A hidden store of items kept for future use.
  2. noun (computing) A small, fast storage area that keeps recently used data so it can be retrieved quickly.
  3. verb To store something, especially data, for quick future access.

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