råka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chance noun An opportunity to do something.
- meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
- overhear verb To hear something by chance that was not meant for one's ears.
- prawn noun A shrimp-like shellfish, often eaten as seafood.
- rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
- rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
- shave verb To cut hair close to the skin using a razor or similar tool.
- shrimp noun A small, edible, long-tailed crustacean with slender legs.
- straight adjective Extending in one direction without bending or curving.
Senses
råka is used for these senses in English:
- chance (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
- meet To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- mephedrone The recreational drug 4-methylmethcathinone, related to cathinone.
- overhear (ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
- prawn (Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
- rake (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
- rake (ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
chance — full definition
- noun An opportunity to do something.
- noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
- noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
- verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
- verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.
meet — full definition
- verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
- verb To come together with others for a discussion, event, or contest.
- verb To touch, join, or come into contact with something, often where two things converge.
- verb To satisfy a requirement, need, or standard.
- noun An organized sporting event, especially in athletics or swimming.