kohentaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ameliorate verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- poke verb To prod or jab something with a finger or object.
Senses
kohentaa is used for these senses in English:
- ameliorate (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
- mend (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
- poke To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
ameliorate — full definition
- verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- verb To become better; to improve.
mend — full definition
- verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- verb To put right a fault, error, or bad situation; to improve or correct it.
- verb Of an illness, injury, or person: to heal or get better.
- noun A repair, or the place where something has been repaired.
- noun Used in the phrase "on the mend": recovering, getting better after illness.