nakertaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• derogate verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
• fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
• mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
• nibble verb To eat something by taking small, repeated bites.

Senses

nakertaa is used for these senses in English:

• derogate (ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]
• derogate (intransitive) To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). [from 16th c.]
• fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
• mine (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

derogate — full definition

1. verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
2. verb To criticise something in a way that makes it seem less good or important.
3. verb To take away part of something so that what is left is smaller or weaker.
4. verb To weaken someone's authority or good qualities.

fret — full definition

1. verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
2. noun One of the raised ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar instrument, used to mark finger positions.

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