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stödja — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assist verb To help someone do something.
  • bolster noun A long cylindrical pillow or cushion.
  • endorse verb To publicly declare support or approval for a person, product, or idea.
  • friend noun A person you know well and like, and who is not a family member or romantic partner.
  • second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
  • support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
  • underpin verb To support from below with props or masonry.

Senses

stödja is used for these senses in English:

  • bolster (transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
  • friend (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
  • hold up (transitive) To support or lift.
  • hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
  • second (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
  • stand for To advocate; to support.
  • support (transitive) To help keep from falling.

assist — full definition

  1. verb To help someone do something.
  2. noun In sports, a pass or action that directly leads to a teammate scoring.

bolster — full definition

  1. noun A long cylindrical pillow or cushion.
  2. verb To support, strengthen, or reinforce something.

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