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gehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ambulate verb To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • 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

gehen is used for these senses in English:

  • ambulate (intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
  • be all about (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on.
  • blow (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
  • 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.
  • go (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
  • pass (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
  • pass (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
  • racewalking (sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

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