sivuraide — meaning in English

English meaning

• feeder noun A person who feeds someone else.
• spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
• tangent noun A straight line that touches a curve at exactly one point without crossing it.

Senses

sivuraide is used for these senses in English:

• feeder A branch line of a railway.
• spur (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
• tangent A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.

feeder — full definition

1. noun A person who feeds someone else.
2. noun In feederism, the person who feeds their partner.
3. noun A person or animal that eats or takes in food.
4. noun A person or device that supplies material into a machine or system.

spur — full definition

1. noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
2. noun Something that motivates or drives someone to act.
3. noun A ridge or side branch jutting out from something larger, such as a mountain range or road.
4. verb To urge someone or something into action.

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