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pyörittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circulate verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
  • crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  • cycle noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  • reel noun A cylindrical device on which thread, film, cable, or fishing line is wound.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • rotate verb To turn around a central point or axis.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • spin verb To turn around quickly on an axis.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
  • windmill noun A structure with rotating sails that harnesses wind power to grind grain, pump water, or generate electricity.

Senses

pyörittää is used for these senses in English:

  • circulate (transitive) to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
  • crank (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
  • cycle (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
  • drive (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
  • go round To rotate, to move in a circle.
  • host (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
  • reel To spin or revolve repeatedly.
  • reel To make or cause to reel.

circulate — full definition

  1. verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
  2. verb To spread information, rumours, or documents so they reach many people.

crank — full definition

  1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
  3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
  4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

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