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bena

“bena” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. parting, a way of combing hair in which a line is formed, the hair to the right of which is combed to the right, and the hair to the left is combed to the left; the line so formed; a (US) part

verb

  1. to part the hair
  2. to debone a fish which is to be eaten
  3. to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess

Etymology

From ben (“bone”).

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