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
- verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
- verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
- noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.
capture — full definition
- verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
- verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
- noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.