rasittaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• exercise noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
• fatigue noun Extreme tiredness, whether physical or mental, from exertion or lack of rest.
• impose verb To officially establish or enforce a rule, tax, or penalty.
• inconvenience noun A problem or difficulty that causes trouble or discomfort.
• strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
• wear verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.

Senses

rasittaa is used for these senses in English:

• exercise (now, often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
• fatigue (transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
• impose To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.
• inconvenience To bother; to discomfort.
• inure (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
• strain (transitive) To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
• wear (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
• wear down To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.

exercise — full definition

1. noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
2. noun A task or activity designed to build or practice a skill.
3. verb To do physical activity to stay fit or healthy.
4. verb To use a right, power, or option.

fatigue — full definition

1. noun Extreme tiredness, whether physical or mental, from exertion or lack of rest.
2. verb To make someone very tired through effort or exertion.
3. noun (engineering) The weakening of a material caused by repeated stress over time.

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