Meaning of ojentaa | Babel Free
/ˈojentɑːˣ/Määritelmät
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to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward) transitive
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third-person singular present indicative of ojentaa form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person, transitive
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to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body) transitive
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to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward) transitive
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to reach, hand out [with allative ‘to’] (to give by stretching out) transitive
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to hand, give, reach, pass [with allative ‘to’] (to give, pass or transmit with the hand) transitive
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to present, bestow [with allative ‘to’] (to present a thing as a gift or honour) transitive
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to lend (in the expressions lend a hand, lend a helping hand) transitive
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to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly) transitive
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to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment) transitive
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to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers) transitive
Esimerkit
“Hän ojensi kätensä ottaakseen kiinni putoavan lumihiutaleen.”
He reached out to catch the falling snowflake.
“Ojenna käsivartesi pääsi yläpuolelle.”
Stretch your arms out above your head.
“ojentaa kätensä”
to extend one's arm
“Tehtäväni oli ojentaa esitteitä ohikulkijoille.”
My job was to hand out brochures to the passers-by.
“oikea ojentaa, vasen vastaanottaa”
if your right palm tickles, you will lose something; if your left palm tickles, you will get something
“Ojentaisitko tämän laatikon tikapuilla olevalle miehelle?”
Can you pass up this box to the guy on the ladder?
“ojentaa palkinto”
to present a prize
“ojentaa auttava käsi”
to lend a helping hand
“Opettaja ojensi oppilaitaan.”
The teacher scolded her pupils.
“Kersantti ojensi alokkaita päivittäin.”
The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
CEFR-taso
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.