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
- noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
- noun Informal term for the children of one family.
- verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
- verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.
dwell — full definition
- verb To live or reside in a place.
- verb To keep thinking or talking about something, often unnecessarily.