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1 poke
• tuikata• jahkailla• tyrkätä• tuuppia• hidastella• viivytellä• vitkastella• vitkutella• esiinpistävä lieri• siekailla• sohia• aikailla• tökkäistä• tökätä• tönäistä• töytäys• töytäistä• tökkiä• kohentaa• sorkkia• sysätä• sysiä• survaista• sysäys• tanko• kuppailla• kuhnailla• kuhnustella• kuhnia• pistää* * *pəuk 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) tökkiä2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) kaivaa3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) työntää2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) töytäisy- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose into -
2 dig
• tonkia• hyväksyä• tönäistä• tökätä• tökkäistä• kaivertaa• kaivautua• kaivaa• kaivella• myllätä• myllertää• möyriä• penkoa• ymmärtää• kuopia• pistosana• louhia* * *diɡ 1. present participle - digging; verb1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) kaivaa2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) kaivaa3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) tökätä2. noun(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) tönäisy, piikki- digger- dig out
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3 jab
• isku• injektio• töytäistä• töytäisy• sorkkia• pisto* * *‹æb 1. past tense, past participle - jabbed; verb(to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) tökätä2. noun(a sudden hard poke or prod: He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain.) tökkäys -
4 prod
• tyrkätä• sohia• tökätä• tökkiä• töytäys• tökkäistä• sorkkia• survaisu• sysätä• yllyttää* * *prod 1. past tense, past participle - prodded; verb1) (to push with something pointed; to poke: He prodded her arm with his finger.) tyrkätä2) (to urge or encourage: He prodded her into action.) kannustaa2. noun(an act of prodding: She gave him a prod.) kannustus -
5 root
• tonkia• iskostua• juurtua• juurakko• juuri• juurruttaa• juurikastechnology• juuri (tek.)• juures• juuri(tekniikka)• juuruttaa• tyvi• vihannes• alkuperä• alkujuuri• alku• alapää• aihe• kanta• kantasana• kasvis• kiinnittyä• kaivaa• kaivella• hampaanjuuri• myllertää• möyriä• myllätä• penkoa• sorkkia• syy• takertua• tarttua• piintyä* * *I 1. ru:t noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) juuri2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) juuri3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) alku4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) juuri2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.)- root crop
- root out
- take root II ru:t verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) tonkia2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) penkoa
См. также в других словарях:
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poke check — noun knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick • Hypernyms: ↑check * * * noun Etymology: poke (III) : an act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by jabbing or thrusting at it with… … Useful english dictionary
poke|ber|ry — «POHK BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. the deep purple berry of the pokeweed. 2. = pokeweed. (Cf. ↑pokeweed) ╂[American English < poke4, or poke (weed) + berry] … Useful english dictionary
poke|weed — «POHK WEED», noun. any one of a group of tropical or subtropical plants, especially a tall, branching perennial herb of North America with greenish white flowers, juicy, purple berries, and poisonous roots, sometimes called the inkberry; poke.… … Useful english dictionary
poke milkweed — noun milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed • Syn: ↑Asclepias exaltata • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun Etymology: poke (IV) … Useful english dictionary
poke box — noun Container usually found in the home, containing miscellaneous items, e.g. buttons, paper clips, safety pins, and in which one must poke around to find what one is looking for … Wiktionary
poke-easy — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( es) Etymology: poke (II) Midland : one that moves about slowly and indolently and that is easy going or lazy … Useful english dictionary
poke-in — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from poke in, v. : strander 2 … Useful english dictionary
poke pudding — noun Etymology: poke (I) : pock pudding … Useful english dictionary
poke salad — noun Etymology: poke (IV) chiefly Midland : the cooked young shoots of pokeweed … Useful english dictionary
