vika — meaning in English

English meaning

• budge verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
• fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
• yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

vika is used for these senses in English:

• back down (idiomatic, transitive) To make (someone) take a less aggressive position.
• budge To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
• fold (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
• fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
• give in To collapse or fall.
• give in (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
• give way To collapse or break under physical stresses.
• yield (transitive, or, intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.

budge — full definition

1. verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
2. verb To change one's opinion, position, or decision, even slightly.

fold — full definition

1. verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
2. verb To stop or withdraw, especially from a card game bet or a failing business.
3. noun A crease or bend made by folding.
4. noun A fenced enclosure for keeping sheep, or, figuratively, a group united by shared belief or purpose.

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