Meaning of gan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to snatch something in the air, especially with one hand
2. to disparage, criticize, belittle
   transitive
3. to become stiff, to harden
   intransitive
4. to stub, to clear (plants or a forest)
   transitive
5. to use something very sparingly
6. to hit something with a thrown or spun object
7. to tack or stich something together

Examples

“ọ̀tá mí gàn mí”

my enemy disparages me

“kankéré ti gan”

The concrete has hardened

“àgbẹ́ gán' igbó”

The farmer cleared the forest

“mo ń gán owó lò”

I am using money very sparingly

“mo gán etí aṣọ pọ̀”

I hemmed the edge of the cloth together

“mo fọwọ́ gán bọ́ọ̀lù náà pákó”

I used my hand to snatch the ball swiftly from the air

CEFR level