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böja — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bend verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
  • bow noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
  • conjugate verb To give the different forms of a verb according to person, number, tense, mood and voice.
  • curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
  • fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  • inflect verb To bend something so that it curves inward.
  • shackle verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
  • stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.

Senses

böja is used for these senses in English:

  • bend (intransitive) To become curved.
  • bend (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
  • bow (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
  • conjugate (grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
  • curve (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  • curve (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
  • fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
  • inflect (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

bend — full definition

  1. verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
  2. verb To curve or change direction.
  3. verb To lean or stoop the body.
  4. verb To adapt rules or facts to suit a purpose.
  5. noun A curve, turn, or angle.

bow — full definition

  1. noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
  2. noun A rod strung with hair, used to play a stringed instrument.
  3. noun A knot with two loops, often used for decoration or to tie laces.
  4. verb To bend forward at the waist, or lower the head, as a sign of respect or greeting.
  5. verb To give in or stop resisting.
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