ojentaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bestow verb To give something formally or ceremonially, often as an honour.
- chastise verb To criticise or scold someone sharply for something they did wrong.
- hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
- lambaste verb To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- project noun A planned piece of work with a specific goal, carried out in stages.
- reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
- reclaim verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
- reprimand noun A formal, often stern rebuke for wrongdoing.
- ship noun A large vessel built to carry people or cargo across water.
Senses
ojentaa is used for these senses in English:
- bestow To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.
- chastise (transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
- lambaste To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- pass off (transitive) To give something (to someone).
- project (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- rax (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
- rax (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
- reach (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.