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pahentua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deepen verb To make or become deeper.
  • go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  • relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
  • worsen verb To make or become worse.

Senses

pahentua is used for these senses in English:

  • deepen (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
  • deepen (intransitive) To become darker or more intense
  • go off (intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
  • relapse (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
  • worsen (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

deepen — full definition

  1. verb To make or become deeper.
  2. verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
  3. verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.

go off — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  2. phrasal verb Of a bomb, gun or firework, to explode or be fired; of an alarm or alert, to start sounding.
  3. phrasal verb Of food or drink, to become unfit to eat through spoiling.

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