kieliä — meaning in English

English meaning

• bespeak verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
• snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.

Senses

kieliä is used for these senses in English:

• bespeak (transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.
• rat out (slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).
• snitch (slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
• spill the beans (intransitive, idiomatic) To reveal a secret; to disclose information.

bespeak — full definition

1. verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
2. verb To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
3. verb To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
4. verb To forbode; foretell.

snitch — full definition

1. verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
2. verb To steal something quickly and quietly.
3. noun A person who informs on others, especially to authority.

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