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Laufen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • running noun The activity of moving fast on foot, whether as exercise, sport, or everyday movement.
  • sprinting noun The activity of running at full speed over a short distance.
  • walk verb To move on foot at a normal pace, always keeping at least one foot on the ground.
  • walking adjective Moving on foot, especially at an ordinary, unhurried pace, as opposed to running.

Senses

Laufen is used for these senses in English:

  • fare (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
  • roll (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
  • run (transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
  • run (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
  • run To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
  • run To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
  • running The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
  • sprinting The act or action of the verb to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period).

fare — full definition

  1. noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
  2. noun A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  3. noun Food and drink, especially the kind served somewhere in particular.
  4. verb To get on, progress, or turn out in a specified way (usually "fare well" or "fare badly").

roll — full definition

  1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
  3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
  4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
  5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

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