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у́йма — meaning in English

uyma

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English meaning

  • deal noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  • dozen noun A group of twelve.
  • peck verb For a bird to strike or pick at something repeatedly with its beak.
  • raft noun A flat floating platform, often made of logs or planks lashed together, used to carry people or cargo on water.

Senses

у́йма is used for these senses in English:

  • deal (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
  • dozen (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
  • peck A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
  • raft A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

deal — full definition

  1. noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  2. verb To take action regarding something, or handle a situation.
  3. verb To trade or do business, especially buying and selling.
  4. verb To give out playing cards to players in a game.
  5. noun An indefinite but large amount (usually as "a great deal" or "a good deal").

dozen — full definition

  1. noun A group of twelve.
  2. noun An unspecified but fairly large number; many (used loosely, not literally twelve).

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