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vetelehtiä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dawdle verb To move slowly or take much longer than necessary, often because of a lack of urgency.
  • loiter verb To stand or wait around somewhere without any clear purpose.
  • slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.

Senses

vetelehtiä is used for these senses in English:

  • dawdle (transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]
  • slack (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

Related Finnish words