köyhdyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beggar noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- destitute adjective Completely without money or the basic means to live; extremely poor.
- impoverish verb To make poor.
- scourge noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
Senses
köyhdyttää is used for these senses in English:
- beggar (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
- beggar (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
- destitute (transitive) To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc.
- scourge (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
beggar — full definition
- noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- verb To reduce someone to poverty, or to go far beyond what words or resources can describe or provide.
destitute — full definition
- adjective Completely without money or the basic means to live; extremely poor.
- adjective Entirely lacking something needed or expected.