föra
“föra” is a Swedish word. Its 14 meanings in English:
verb
- to (actively) move something or someone (to somewhere); to bring, to take
- to transfer
- to actively move something in a certain way (usually of a tool or the like)
- to exercise (actively perform)
- to wage, to make (war, sometimes figuratively)
- to make (bothersome noise)
- to lead
- to keep (record transactions, accounts, events, or the like on an on-going basis)
- to include (in some group, in order to classify or the like)
- to (visibly) carry (a symbol or the like)
- to fly
- to carry, to sell
- to lead in a partner dance
- to behave (in a socially acceptable way (in some context))
Etymology
From Old Swedish fø̄ra, from Old Norse fœra, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Icelandic færa, German führen.
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- för sent
- för skojs skull
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- föra in
- föra någon till altaret
- förakt
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