leijuttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• buoy noun A floating marker anchored in water to warn of danger, mark a channel, or show a location.
• hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
• levitate verb To make something rise and float in the air, seemingly without support.

Senses

leijuttaa is used for these senses in English:

• buoy (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
• hover To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
• levitate (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

buoy — full definition

1. noun A floating marker anchored in water to warn of danger, mark a channel, or show a location.
2. verb To keep something floating, or to lift someone's spirits or confidence.

hover — full definition

1. verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
2. verb To linger near a place or person, especially anxiously or protectively.
3. verb To be uncertain or wavering between options.
4. verb To position a cursor over something on a screen without clicking.

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