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täyttää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cram verb To force or squeeze something into a tight space.
  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • fill verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
  • flush verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
  • fulfill verb To carry out or complete a promise, duty, or requirement.
  • impregnate verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
  • inflate verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
  • inhabit verb To live in a place.
  • inlay verb To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • load verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
  • man noun An adult male human being.
  • obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
  • reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
  • sate verb To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
  • stuff noun Miscellaneous items, belongings, or unspecified material.
  • supply verb To provide something needed.
  • throng noun A large, densely packed crowd of people.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

täyttää is used for these senses in English:

  • carry out (transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.
  • cram (transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
  • discharge To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
  • fill To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  • fill To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
  • fill up (intransitive, reflexive) To satisfy one's hunger; to stop being hungry.
  • fill up (transitive, obsolete) To make complete, to bring to a full development.
  • flush (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.

cram — full definition

  1. verb To force or squeeze something into a tight space.
  2. verb To study intensively in a short period, usually right before an exam.

discharge — full definition

  1. verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  2. verb To fire a weapon, or to release something suddenly, such as a liquid, gas, or electrical charge.
  3. verb To fulfil or pay off a duty, debt, or obligation.
  4. noun The act of releasing someone or something, such as a patient, employee, or soldier.
  5. noun A substance released from the body or another source, such as pus or waste.

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