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vihjata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allude verb To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
  • glance verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
  • hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  • imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
  • insinuate verb To hint at something, usually something negative, without stating it outright.
  • intimate adjective Very close and familiar, especially emotionally.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.

Senses

vihjata is used for these senses in English:

  • allude (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
  • glance To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
  • hint (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
  • imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
  • insinuate To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
  • intimate (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
  • mean (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]

glance — full definition

  1. verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
  2. verb To strike something at an angle and bounce off in another direction, rather than hitting it straight on.
  3. noun A quick, brief look.

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