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lauma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • business noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
  • cattle noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
  • crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  • drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
  • drove noun A herd of animals being driven together, or a large moving crowd of people.
  • flange noun A projecting rim or edge on an object, used to add strength or attach it to something else.
  • flock noun A group of birds, sheep, or other animals gathered or travelling together.
  • gregarious adjective Fond of company and naturally sociable, enjoying being among other people.
  • herd noun A large group of animals of one kind that live, feed, or move together.
  • horde noun A large, often unruly crowd of people.
  • mob noun A large, disorderly crowd, especially one acting in an unruly or aggressive way.
  • pace noun The speed at which something happens or someone moves.
  • pack noun A bundle of things wrapped or tied together for carrying, or a bag carried on the back.
  • pod noun A seed case of a plant, especially a legume, that splits open when ripe.
  • pride noun A feeling of deep satisfaction or pleasure from one's own achievements, or those of someone close to you.
  • rout noun A crushing, disorganized defeat.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  • throng noun A large, densely packed crowd of people.

Senses

lauma is used for these senses in English:

  • business (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
  • cattle (pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
  • crash (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
  • drift A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
  • drove (collective) A group of hares.
  • flange (rare, humorous, collective) A group of baboons.
  • flock A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
  • gregarious (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.

business — full definition

  1. noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
  2. noun A particular company or commercial organisation.
  3. noun A matter or affair that is someone's concern or responsibility.

cattle — full definition

  1. noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
  2. noun People treated as an undifferentiated, disposable mass rather than individuals.

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