nakertaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• derogate verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
• 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 To partially repeal (a law etc.).
2. verb To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
3. verb To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
4. verb To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).

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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