vetää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vetädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wetä- (compare Erzya ветямс (veťams), Hungarian vezet). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋetæːˣ/, [ˈʋe̞t̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -etæː Syllabification(key): ve‧tää Hyphenation(key): ve‧tää === Verb === vetää (transitive) to pull, drag, draw (to apply a pulling force) Antonym: työntää (“to push”) vetää pois ― to pull back, retract; pull in, retract vetää (lippu) salkoon ― to hoist (a flag) (transitive) to pull, tug, yank Synonym: vetäistä (transitive, figuratively) to attract vetää puoleensa (full form) ― to attract vetää yleisöä ― to attract an audience (transitive) to lead, run (direct with authority) Synonym: johtaa (intransitive) to blow (of a draft of air) (transitive) to wind, wind up (a coil or spring used to power a mechanism such as clockwork) (transitive) to draw (produce something by dragging or moving a tool, like a pen or brush) vetää yli ― to strike (through/out) (draw a line over) vetää viiva ― to draw a line (transitive or intransitive, of a toilet) to flush vessa ei vedä ― the toilet is not flushing (transitive, of a container) to be able to contain (of a vessel, in terms of volume) (transitive, of tubing, wiring etc.) to place, install, lay, run (transitive) to pull in, ingest, inhale vetää henkeä ― to inhale, breathe in (transitive) to drag in, drag into [with illative] (get into a course of action by forceful means) vetää oikeuteen ― to bring to justice, to sue (transitive) to withdraw, draw or pull away (often with pois or takaisin, or with a word in the elative case) Espanja veti joukkonsa Irakista ― Spain withdrew its troops from Iraq (transitive, usually atelic) to yank, punch (to throw, kick, hit etc. with a sudden, powerful movement) vetää turpaan ― to punch someone in the face (informal) to do (a); a highly generic verb; the exact meaning and translation depends on the context vetää läpi ― to complete, do completely (colloquial, transitive) to ingest, take (drugs, drinks, food, etc.) vetää viiva(a) ― to do a line; to use drugs nasally (slang, art, music) to perform (colloquial, transitive, sports) to shoot (the ball, puck, etc.) (colloquial, gaming) to beat (a level or a game) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vetää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 === Anagrams === evätä, eväät