θημωνιά — meaning in English

English meaning

• shock noun A sudden, jarring surprise or emotional blow.
• stook noun A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

Senses

θημωνιά is used for these senses in English:

• shock (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
• stook A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

shock — full definition

1. noun A sudden, jarring surprise or emotional blow.
2. noun A dangerous surge of electric current passing through the body.
3. noun A life-threatening medical state in which the body can't circulate enough blood and oxygen.
4. verb To surprise or upset someone strongly, or to offend their sense of decency.
5. noun Short for shock absorber, the device that cushions a vehicle's suspension.

stook — full definition

1. noun A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
2. noun A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the advent of combine harvesters and powered grain driers (mid 20th century).
3. noun A handkerchief.

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