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raahustaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • plod verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
  • schlep verb To carry or drag something heavy, or to make a tiring journey.
  • scuff verb To scrape or drag the feet while walking, or to scratch a surface by rubbing.
  • shamble noun One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
  • slog noun A long, tiring effort or period of hard, tedious work.
  • tramp noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, often on foot.

Senses

raahustaa is used for these senses in English:

  • plod (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • schlep (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.
  • scuff To scrape the feet while walking.
  • shamble To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
  • slog (intransitive) To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
  • tramp To walk with heavy footsteps.

plod — full definition

  1. verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
  2. verb To keep working at something slowly and doggedly, especially something tedious.
  3. noun A slow, heavy way of walking or working.

schlep — full definition

  1. verb To carry or drag something heavy, or to make a tiring journey.
  2. noun A long, tiring journey or errand.

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