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rei'ittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • honeycomb verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
  • perforate verb IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/
  • punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.
  • riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.

Senses

rei'ittää is used for these senses in English:

  • hole (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
  • hole (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
  • honeycomb To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.
  • perforate (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
  • perforate (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
  • riddle To fill with holes like a riddle.

hole — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
  3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

honeycomb — full definition

  1. verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
  2. verb To weaken something gradually from within.

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