kierrellä — meaning in English

English meaning

• browse verb To look through something casually, without a specific goal in mind.
• equivocate verb To avoid giving a clear or straight answer, using words that could mean more than one thing in order to mislead someone.
• fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
• wander verb To move around without a fixed destination or purpose.
• wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.

Senses

kierrellä is used for these senses in English:

• beat around the bush (idiomatic) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
• beat around the bush (idiomatic) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
• browse To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
• equivocate (intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
• equivocate (transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
• fudge (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
• look around To inspect a building or area.
• mince words (intransitive, chiefly in the negative, idiomatic) To restrain oneself when speaking by withholding some comments or using euphemisms in order to be polite, tactful, etc.

browse — full definition

1. verb To look through something casually, without a specific goal in mind.
2. verb Of an animal, to feed on leaves, shoots, or shrubs.

equivocate — full definition

1. verb To avoid giving a clear or straight answer, using words that could mean more than one thing in order to mislead someone.
2. verb To make something unclear or open to more than one meaning.

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