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söla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drawl verb To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.
  • sun noun The star at the centre of our solar system, which gives Earth light and heat.
  • sunbathe verb To lie or sit outside deliberately exposing your skin to sunlight, usually to get a tan.
  • suntan noun A darkening of the skin from being in the sun.
  • tan noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.

Senses

söla is used for these senses in English:

  • drawl (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
  • linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
  • sully (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
  • suntan To attempt to obtain a suntan.
  • tan (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

drawl — full definition

  1. verb To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
  2. verb To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
  3. verb To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
  4. verb To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

linger — full definition

  1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.

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