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keventää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  • lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
  • light noun Brightness that lets people see, from the sun, a lamp, or fire.
  • lighten verb To make or become brighter.
  • relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
  • streamline verb To make a process simpler and more efficient by removing unnecessary steps.

Senses

keventää is used for these senses in English:

  • break the ice (idiomatic) To start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality.
  • ease (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
  • lift (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  • light (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
  • light To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • streamline (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.

ease — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  2. noun A relaxed state, free from worry, pain, or awkwardness.
  3. verb To make something less difficult, painful, or intense.

lift — full definition

  1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
  2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
  3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
  4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
  5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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