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sníomh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anxiety noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  • care noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
  • spin verb To turn around quickly on an axis.
  • spinning noun The act or process of something rotating, or of turning fiber into thread.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • twine noun A strong string or cord made from two or more threads twisted together.
  • twirl verb To spin or rotate quickly and gracefully.
  • twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.
  • wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.

Senses

sníomh is used for these senses in English:

  • anxiety An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
  • care (countable, uncountable) Worry.
  • spinning The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
  • strain (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
  • struggle (figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
  • turn A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
  • turn (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
  • twist To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.

anxiety — full definition

  1. noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  2. noun (medical) A diagnosable disorder marked by chronic, excessive worry that interferes with daily life.

care — full definition

  1. noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
  2. noun Worry or concern about something.
  3. noun The looking after of someone's health, safety, or wellbeing.
  4. verb To feel concern or interest about something.
  5. verb To look after someone or something (usually with "for").

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