potato

suomi-englanti sanakirja

potato englannista suomeksi

1. peruna

0. Substantiivi

1. peruna, pottu informal

2. peruna

2. Verbi

potato englanniksi

1. (senseid) A plant of species (taxfmt) or its edible starchy tuber.

2. (quote-journal)

3. (quote-book)

4. 1917, (w), ''(w)'', Book 1, Ch.4, at p.34:

What was that about potatoes? Were they just a thing from foreign parts, like coffee; a luxury, an extra? Oh, the potato is a lordly fruit; drought or downpour, it grows and grows all the same. It laughs at the weather, and will stand anything; only deal kindly with it, and it yields fifteen-fold again. ... A man may lack grain to make bread, but give him potatoes and he will not starve. Roast them in embers, and there is supper; boil them in water, and there's a breakfast ready.

5. (quote-book)|title=Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs|publisher=The Citadel Press|location=New York|page=195|passage=Although the potato actually has no exciting value, it was believed, in the seventeenth century, to possess definite aphrodisiac qualities, and is frequent mentioned in this respect in Elizabethan drama.

6. A potato ((taxfmt))

7. A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.

8. A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.

9. (n-g)

10. (RQ:Smollett Reprisal)

11. A mentally handicapped person.

12. A camera that takes poor-quality pictures or videos.

13. An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.

14. To hit very hard; to pummel.

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16. To hit with a thrown or fired potato.

17. {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=A. J. Low|title=Sherlock Sam’s Orange Shorts: Special Edition

18. The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

19. potato

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20. (past participle of)

21. (inflection of)

22. (infl of)