turbō — meaning in English
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English meaning
- agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
- disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
- tornado noun A violently spinning column of air that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch the ground, capable of destroying almost everything in its path.
- whirlwind noun A small, rapidly rotating column of air, such as a dust devil or small tornado.
Senses
turbō is used for these senses in English:
- disturb (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- stir up (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
- tornado (meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
- whirlwind A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
agitate — full definition
- verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
- verb To shake or stir something with force.
- verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.
disturb — full definition
- verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
- verb To upset or trouble someone emotionally.