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fingo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • form noun The shape or visible structure of something.
  • guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
  • knead verb To press, fold, and work a soft mixture (especially dough) with the hands until it becomes smooth and even.
  • mold noun A hollow container used to shape a liquid or soft substance as it sets or hardens.
  • pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.
  • shape noun The outline or form of something, defined by its outer edges or surface.

Senses

fingo is used for these senses in English:

  • form (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
  • guess (chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
  • knead (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
  • mold (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
  • shape (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

form — full definition

  1. noun The shape or visible structure of something.
  2. noun A document with blank spaces to be filled in with information.
  3. noun A type or kind of something.
  4. verb To create or bring something into existence.

guess — full definition

  1. verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
  2. verb To suppose or think something is probably true.
  3. noun An answer or opinion given without certain knowledge.

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