öka — meaning in English

English meaning

• accrue verb To grow larger over time.
• augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
• build verb To make something by putting materials or parts together according to a plan.
• increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
• mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
• yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draft animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plow or cart together.

Senses

öka is used for these senses in English:

• accrue (intransitive) To increase, to rise
• build (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
• increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
• increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
• mount (intransitive, sometimes, with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
• yoke To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.

accrue — full definition

1. verb To grow larger over time.
2. verb To build up gradually as a result of growth, especially as interest earned on money lent out.
3. verb To build up simply because time has gone by.
4. verb To gather or build up gradually.

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