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feststecken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  • mire noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.

Senses

feststecken is used for these senses in English:

  • bog down (transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.
  • lodge (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
  • mire (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

lodge — full definition

  1. verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  2. verb To stay somewhere temporarily, especially as a paying guest in someone's house.
  3. verb To formally submit a complaint, appeal, or statement to an authority.
  4. noun A small house, often in the countryside, used for a specific purpose such as hunting or holidays.

mire — full definition

  1. noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
  2. noun A difficult or messy situation.
  3. verb To become stuck, as if in mud.

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