pyydystää — meaning in English

English meaning

• bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
• catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.

Senses

pyydystää is used for these senses in English:

• bag To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
• bag (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
• catch (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]
• set up (transitive) To trap or ensnare.

bag — full definition

1. noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
2. verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.

catch — full definition

1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
2. verb To become infected with an illness.
3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

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