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bråk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brawl noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  • contention noun A claim or position put forward and argued for, especially in a debate.
  • fraction noun A part of a whole, especially a small one.
  • row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
  • ruction noun A noisy quarrel or fight.
  • rumble noun A deep, continuous, low sound, like distant thunder.
  • rumpus noun A loud, chaotic disturbance or quarrel.
  • tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.

Senses

bråk is used for these senses in English:

  • brawl A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
  • common fraction (arithmetic) A fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer.
  • contention Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
  • fraction A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
  • fraction (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
  • row A noisy argument.
  • ruction A noisy quarrel or fight.
  • rumble (slang) A street fight or brawl.

brawl — full definition

  1. noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  2. verb To take part in a rowdy fight or noisy quarrel.

contention — full definition

  1. noun A claim or position put forward and argued for, especially in a debate.
  2. noun Heated disagreement or dispute.
  3. noun Competition between parties or systems for a limited resource.

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