παίρνω — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• cop noun (informal) A police officer.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• phone noun A device used to talk to someone over a distance, especially a mobile device that also runs apps.
• retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
• take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

παίρνω is used for these senses in English:

• call (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
• cop (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• phone (ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
• retrieve (transitive) To regain or get back something.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

cop — full definition

1. noun (informal) A police officer.
2. verb (informal) To be given, or to accept, something unpleasant such as blame or punishment.
3. verb (slang) To get hold of, obtain, or buy something.

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