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föra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carry verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
  • conduct noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
  • land noun The solid, dry part of the Earth's surface, as opposed to sea or sky.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-gray metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  • wage noun Money paid to a worker, usually calculated by the hour.

Senses

föra is used for these senses in English:

  • carry (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
  • conduct (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
  • conduct (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
  • land (transitive) To bring to land.
  • lead (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
  • lead To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
  • minute (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
  • take (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

carry — full definition

  1. verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
  2. verb To have something on your person, such as a weapon, illness, or item.
  3. verb To be responsible for a large share of a team's success.
  4. verb To be pregnant with (a child).
  5. verb In arithmetic, to transfer a surplus digit to the next column when adding.

conduct — full definition

  1. noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
  2. verb To organize and carry out an activity such as research or a survey.
  3. verb To direct a group of musicians performing together.
  4. verb To allow heat, electricity, or sound to pass through.
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