meang — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
- lop verb To cut off a part of something, especially a branch or limb.
- prune noun A dried plum.
- wile noun A crafty trick used to deceive or persuade someone.
Senses
meang is used for these senses in English:
- guile (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
- lop (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- prune (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- wile (usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
deceit — full definition
- noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.