paino — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accent noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
- emphasis noun Special importance or weight placed on something.
- heft noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
- mass noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
- press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
- sinker noun A weight attached to a fishing line to make it sink.
- sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
- weight noun How heavy someone or something is.
Senses
paino is used for these senses in English:
- accent (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- emphasis Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
- mass (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- press (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- press (countable) A printing machine.
- sinker (fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
- sway Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- weight (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
accent — full definition
- noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
- noun A mark placed over a letter to show pronunciation or stress.
- noun A detail that stands out and adds emphasis or contrast, especially in design.
- verb To emphasize or draw attention to something.
emphasis — full definition
- noun Special importance or weight placed on something.
- noun Extra stress given to a word or syllable when speaking, or highlighting given to text through formatting such as italics or bold.