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-grey 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
- verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
- verb To have something on your person, such as a weapon, illness, or item.
- verb To be responsible for a large share of a team's success.
- verb To be pregnant with (a child).
- verb In arithmetic, to transfer a surplus digit to the next column when adding.
conduct — full definition
- noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
- verb To organize and carry out an activity such as research or a survey.
- verb To direct a group of musicians performing together.
- verb To allow heat, electricity, or sound to pass through.