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saada — 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.
  • can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  • catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  • cause noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  • copy noun A duplicate of something original.
  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • enlist verb To join the armed forces voluntarily.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • hook up phrasal verb To have a casual sexual encounter with someone, usually without being in a relationship with them.
  • may verb Used to say that something is possible or might happen.
  • pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
  • reap verb To cut and gather a crop, especially grain.
  • receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.
  • score noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

saada is used for these senses in English:

  • bag To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  • bag (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  • can (modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  • catch (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
  • cause (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  • copy (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
  • elicit To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
  • enlist (transitive) To secure; to obtain.

bag — full definition

  1. noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
  2. verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.

can — full definition

  1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
  3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
  4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
  5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

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