felfog

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Hungarian

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Etymology

fel- (up) +‎ fog (to hold)

Pronunciation

Verb

felfog

  1. (transitive) to hold up (to lift and/or support in this position)
    Synonyms: emel (to lift), tart (to keep, support)
  2. (transitive) to catch, seize, take hold of (someone or something falling, dropping, submerging, or tumbling)
    Synonyms: megfog, elkap
  3. (transitive) to collect (e.g. rain in a container)
    Synonyms: gyűjt, összegyűjt
  4. (transitive) to ward off, fend off, deflect, parry (e.g. a blow or strike)
    Synonyms: elhárít, kivéd
  5. (transitive) to intercept, muffle, deaden, absorb, cushion (some propagating phenomenon, e.g. light, noise, vibration, shock etc.)
    Synonyms: tompít, csillapít, gyengít
  6. (transitive, rare) to receive, pick up (signal)
    Synonyms: vesz, fog, befog, érzékel
  7. (transitive) to understand, grasp, comprehend, conceptualize
    Synonyms: ért, megért
  8. (transitive) to take, see, view, interpret, treat (something) for/as (something else) (used with -nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: értelmez, tekint

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Further reading

  • felfog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN