peitellä — meaning in English

English meaning

• feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
• invest verb To put money into something, such as a business, property, or shares, in the hope of making a profit.
• whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

Senses

peitellä is used for these senses in English:

• feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
• feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
• invest To envelop, wrap, cover.
• tuck in (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
• whitewash (often, politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.).

invest — full definition

1. verb To put money into something, such as a business, property, or shares, in the hope of making a profit.
2. verb To devote time, effort, or energy to something for a future benefit.
3. verb Formal: to officially give someone a position or power, often in a ceremony.

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