roikkua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
- dangle verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
- depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
- drape noun A curtain, or heavy cloth hung over a window or doorway.
- droop verb To bend or hang downward, especially from tiredness, weakness, or lack of support.
- hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
- hang out verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed way, with no particular purpose, usually with other people.
- languish verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or spirit, especially over a long period of neglect or hardship.
- loiter verb To stand or wait around somewhere without any clear purpose.
- loll verb To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
- sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
- swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
Senses
roikkua is used for these senses in English:
- bag To hang like an empty bag.
- 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.
- drape To hang or rest limply.
- droop (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- hang (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- hang about (informal) To linger, loiter, or stay.
- hang out (dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
bag — full definition
- noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
- verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.
dangle — full definition
- verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
- verb To offer something as an enticing possibility.