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keinuminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • seesaw noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.

Senses

keinuminen is used for these senses in English:

  • roll (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

roll — full definition

  1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
  3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
  4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
  5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

seesaw — full definition

  1. noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
  2. noun A pattern of repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down swings, especially in feelings, opinions, or results.
  3. verb To swing repeatedly back and forth between two states or positions.

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