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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

  1. noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
  2. noun A mark placed over a letter to show pronunciation or stress.
  3. noun A detail that stands out and adds emphasis or contrast, especially in design.
  4. verb To emphasize or draw attention to something.

emphasis — full definition

  1. noun Special importance or weight placed on something.
  2. noun Extra stress given to a word or syllable when speaking, or highlighting given to text through formatting such as italics or bold.

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