ojentaa

Definitions

• to reach out; usually with käsi (hand) to extend one's hand(s) forward
• to stretch out, reach to fully extend a part of the body
• to extend, project, jut, jut out to extend a protrusion or appendage outward
• to reach, hand out to give by stretching out
• to hand, give, reach, pass to give, pass or transmit with the hand
• to present, bestow to present a thing as a gift or honour
• to lend, in the expressions lend a hand, lend a helping hand
• to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out to criticize harshly
• to chastise to punish with corporal punishment
• (military) more commonly laittaa ojennukseen (laittaa ojennukseen), to dress to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers