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kavuta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clamber verb To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
  • climb verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
  • shin noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.

Senses

kavuta is used for these senses in English:

  • clamber (ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
  • climb (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
  • climb (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
  • climb (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
  • shin To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.

climb — full definition

  1. verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
  2. verb To rise or increase, as a number, price, or position in a ranking.
  3. noun An act or instance of climbing; an ascent.

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