tonkia — meaning in English

English meaning

• pick verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.

Senses

tonkia is used for these senses in English:

• dig into To research a particular subject.
• root (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
• root (transitive) To root out; to abolish.

pick — full definition

1. verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
2. verb To gather or harvest, especially fruit, by pulling it from where it grows.
3. verb To pull at something repeatedly, often with the fingers.
4. verb To open a lock without the proper key, using a thin tool.
5. noun A pointed tool used for digging or breaking up hard ground; a pickaxe.

root — full definition

1. noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
2. noun The origin, source, or underlying cause of something.
3. noun In mathematics, a value which, raised to a given power, produces a specified number (most commonly the square root).
4. verb To become firmly fixed or established.
5. verb To cheer for or support someone, hoping for their success. (usually "root for")

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