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poiketa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
  • depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  • deviate verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
  • stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
  • stray verb To wander away from where you should be, or to drift off a planned path or topic.
  • yaw noun The rotation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle from side to side around its vertical axis.

Senses

poiketa is used for these senses in English:

  • deflect (psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.
  • depart (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
  • depart (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
  • drop by (colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously.
  • go astray (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
  • stop (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
  • stop by To pay a visit briefly and informally.
  • stray (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

deflect — full definition

  1. verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
  2. verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.

depart — full definition

  1. verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  2. verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.

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