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syödä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
  • capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  • consume verb To eat or drink something.
  • corrode verb To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
  • eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.

Senses

syödä is used for these senses in English:

  • bite (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
  • capture (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
  • consume (transitive) To eat.
  • corrode (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  • eat To ingest; to be ingested.
  • eat (copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • take the bait (literally, fishing) To nibble at bait on a hook.

bite — full definition

  1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
  2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
  3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

capture — full definition

  1. verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  2. verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
  3. noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.

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