pyöräyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
- curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
- cycle noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
- swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
- turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
Senses
pyöräyttää is used for these senses in English:
- crank (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
- curl (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
- cycle To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- roll over (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- roll over (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- swing (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- turn (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
crank — full definition
- noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
- noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
- adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
- verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.
curl — full definition
- noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
- noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
- verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.