vike
English
Etymology
Respelling of the first part of the word.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪk
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
vike (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)
- (intransitive) to give away, yield
- (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
- (intransitive) to recede, retreat
- (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave
vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, passive infinitive vikast, present participle vikande, imperative vik)
- (transitive) to cause to yield, make stray off a straight path
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
References
- “vike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
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