kosiskella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- address noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
- serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
- woo verb To try to win someone's affection, love, or support.
Senses
kosiskella is used for these senses in English:
- address (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
- solicit (transitive) To woo; to court.
- woo (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.
address — full definition
- noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
- noun A formal speech given to an audience.
- noun (computing) A code identifying a specific location in memory or on a network.
- verb To speak directly to a person or group.
- verb To deal with or attempt to solve an issue.
serve — full definition
- verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
- verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
- verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
- noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.