Meaning of de | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be soft or tender in texture
2. to hunt; to set a trap
   intransitive, transitive
3. to tie down, to constrain
   transitive
4. to deputize, to hold a position for someone temporarily
   intransitive
5. to await, to wait for
   transitive
6. to arrive
   copulative, intransitive
7. to cover, to wear a hat
   transitive
8. to be stupid or foolish; (literally) to have a soft head (indicating that one has no brain)
   broadly, idiomatic
9. to become a skillful hunter
   intransitive
10. to embroider
11. to attain, to reach a particular point
    transitive
12. to become reduced or weakened in degree or intensity
13. to become comfortable or relaxed

Examples

“Mo dè é lọ́wọ́ àti lẹ́sẹ̀”

I tied him on both his hands and legs

“Mo de ọrùn aṣọ náà”

I embroided the neck of the clothes

“Ó ń de ipò fún mi”

He was deputizing my position for me

“Mo jókòó dè é”

I sat down and waited for him

“A ti dé”

We have arrived

“ọsàn yìí ti dẹ̀”

This orange has become soft

“ọmọ́ dẹ́”

The child is foolish

“ibà mi ti dẹ̀”

My fever has reduced in intensity

“Mo dẹ ìgèrè láti pẹja”

I set a metal fish trap to kill fish

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