paikata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fill verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
- mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- pad noun A block of soft or absorbent material used for cushioning, cleaning, or protection.
- patch noun A piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or damaged area.
- succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
- supply verb To provide something needed.
Senses
paikata is used for these senses in English:
- fill (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- mend (figurative) To add one or more things in order to improve (something, especially wages); to supplement; also, to remedy a shortfall in (something).
- pad (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- pad out (idiomatic) To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.
- patch (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- succeed (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
- supply (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
fill — full definition
- verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
- verb To satisfy a requirement, order, or vacancy.
mend — full definition
- verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- verb To put right a fault, error, or bad situation; to improve or correct it.
- verb Of an illness, injury, or person: to heal or get better.
- noun A repair, or the place where something has been repaired.
- noun Used in the phrase "on the mend": recovering, getting better after illness.