riippua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dangle verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
- depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
- hinge noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.
- ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
- suspended adj Stopped or paused for a time.
- turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
Senses
riippua is used for these senses in English:
- depend (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
- depend (now, literary, heraldry) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.
- hang (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- hinge (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.
- ride (intransitive) To rely, depend (on). [from 20th c.]
- suspend To hang freely; underhang.
- suspended Hung from above.
- turn To hinge; to depend.
dangle — full definition
- verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
- verb To offer something as an enticing possibility.
depend — full definition
- verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- verb To vary according to circumstances; used to say an answer isn't fixed.