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ociągać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dawdle verb To move slowly or take much longer than necessary, often because of a lack of urgency.
  • scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.

Senses

ociągać is used for these senses in English:

  • dawdle (transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]
  • scale (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

scale — full definition

  1. noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
  2. noun A series of marked measurements used for comparison, such as on a ruler, map, or rating system.
  3. noun One of the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish and reptiles.
  4. noun An instrument for measuring weight.
  5. verb To increase or decrease something in size while keeping its proportions, especially to grow a business or process.

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