afanar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fixate verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- pinch verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.
- snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
- strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
- toil noun Hard, exhausting work.
Senses
afanar is used for these senses in English:
- fixate (intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]
- jack (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- pinch (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- snitch (slang, dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
- strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
- swipe (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
fixate — full definition
- verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- verb To stare fixedly at something.
- verb To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
- verb To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.
jack — full definition
- noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
- noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
- noun Informal: money.
- verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.