veto.
pull (act of pulling)
Meaning & usage
pull (act of pulling)
pull (attractive force)
draught, draft (current of [cold] air)
draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.)
shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
move, as in a game or similar
Tuo oli hyvä veto!
spurt, sprint (sudden brief rise in activity, etc.)
winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
energy, winding, steam
hyvässä vedossa
Minulta alkaa veto loppua.
traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
drive (mechanism used to power a vehicle)
ellipsis of hengenveto (“gasp”)
trace (on a printed circuit board)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) + -o.
veto
Where this word comes from
From Latin vetō (“to forbid”).
bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)
Where this word comes from
Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with veto (etymology 1).
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