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pystyttää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • erect adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

pystyttää is used for these senses in English:

  • erect (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  • erect To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  • erect (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
  • pitch (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
  • rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  • set up shop To physically arrange a shop or workplace.

erect — full definition

  1. adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
  2. adjective Of a penis or clitoris: stiff and swollen with blood, as a result of sexual arousal.
  3. verb To build or put up (a structure), typically by fitting the parts together.
  4. verb To set something upright, or establish something such as an organization or system.

pitch — full definition

  1. noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  2. verb To throw, especially a ball toward a batter.
  3. verb To promote or attempt to sell an idea or product.
  4. noun The playing field used in sports such as football, rugby, or cricket (chiefly British English).
  5. noun How high or low a sound is perceived to be.

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