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pedinare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • shadow noun A dark shape cast on a surface when something blocks light.
  • shag noun A tangled or shaggy mass of hair or fibres, or a thick, rough carpet pile.
  • stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  • tail noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.
  • trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.

Senses

pedinare is used for these senses in English:

  • shadow (particularly, espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
  • shag To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
  • stalk (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
  • tail To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
  • trail (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

shadow — full definition

  1. noun A dark shape cast on a surface when something blocks light.
  2. noun A person who secretly follows or closely monitors another.
  3. verb To follow and observe someone closely, often to learn their job.
  4. adjective Operating informally or unofficially while acting like a real authority.

shag — full definition

  1. noun A tangled or shaggy mass of hair or fibres, or a thick, rough carpet pile.
  2. noun Coarse, shredded tobacco.
  3. noun A cormorant-like seabird found along European coasts (Phalacrocorax aristotelis).
  4. verb To have sex with someone (crude slang).
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