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älta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
  • harp noun A large stringed musical instrument played by plucking strings stretched across an open frame.
  • nag verb To repeatedly pester or criticize someone about something, in an annoying way.

Senses

älta is used for these senses in English:

  • brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
  • dwell (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
  • harp (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
  • nag To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

dwell — full definition

  1. verb To live or reside in a place.
  2. verb To keep thinking or talking about something, often unnecessarily.

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