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rähinä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affray verb To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  • fracas noun A loud, chaotic argument, fight, or disturbance.
  • fray verb To wear away at the edges through rubbing, so that threads separate.
  • rale noun An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
  • rant verb To speak or complain loudly and at length, often in anger.
  • rasp noun A coarse metal file with rough, pointed teeth, used to shape or smooth wood or other materials.
  • riot noun A violent public disturbance caused by a crowd.
  • row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
  • ruction noun A noisy quarrel or fight.
  • rumble noun A deep, continuous, low sound, like distant thunder.
  • susurrus noun A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
  • wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.

Senses

rähinä is used for these senses in English:

  • affray A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
  • fracas A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
  • fray (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
  • rale (medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
  • rant A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
  • rasp The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
  • rhonchus (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
  • riot Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.

affray — full definition

  1. verb To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  2. verb To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

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