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minachtend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | disdainful(showing contempt or scorn) scornful(showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous) |
minachtende bijvoeglijk naamwoord | scornful(showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous) |
nagedachtenis substantief {f} | remembrance [remembrances](state of being remembered) |
nageslachten substantief {Pl} | offspring [offspring](plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) |
ontkrachten werkwoord | disprove [disproved, disproven, disproving, disproves](to refute) eviscerate [eviscerated, eviscerating, eviscerates](to make ineffectual or meaningless) invalidate [invalidated, invalidating, invalidates](to make invalid) |
opwachten werkwoord | waylay [waylaid, waylaying, waylays](to lie in wait for and attack from ambush) |
overnachten werkwoord | sleep over(to sleep over) stay the night(stay overnight) |
pachten werkwoord | lease [leased, leasing, leases](to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) |
scheiding der machten substantief {f} | separation of powers(model for governance) |
slachten werkwoord | butcher [butchered, butchering, butchers](To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) slaughter [slaughtered, slaughtering, slaughters](to butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)) |
slachten substantief {n} | abattage(slaughter) |
smachten werkwoord | covet [coveted, coveting, covets](to wish for with eagerness) languish [languished, languishing, languishes](to pine away with longing) lust [lusted, lusting, lusts](strongly desire) pine [pined, pining, pines](to long for sufferingly) yearn [yearned, yearning, yearns](to have a strong desire for something or to do something) yen(have strong desire for) |
smachten naar werkwoord | ache for(to desire or want very much) |
strijd der geslachten substantief {m} | battle of the sexes(any competition between males and females) |
strijdkrachten substantief {Pl} | armed forces [armed forces](the military forces of a nation) |
ter gedachtenis bijwoord | in memoriam(in memory of) |
trachten werkwoord | try [tried, tried, trying, tries](to attempt) |
trachtend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | conative(of a striving action) |
valt nog af te wachten werkwoord | remain to be seen(be as yet unknown) |
van gedachten veranderen werkwoord | change one's mind(to decide differently than one had decided before) |
verachten werkwoord | abominate [abominated, abominating, abominates](to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree) despise [despised, despising, despises](to regard with contempt or scorn) scorn [scorned, scorning, scorns](to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody) vilipend(to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless, see also: despise) |
verkrachten werkwoord | abuse [abused, abusing, abuses](to rape) rape [raped, raping, rapes](force sexual intercourse) |
versmaden minachten werkwoord | spurn [spurned, spurning, spurns](to reject disdainfully) |
verwachten werkwoord | await [awaited, awaiting, awaits](transitive: to wait for) expect [expected, expecting, expects](to look for, look forward to, anticipate) |
verzachten werkwoord | abirritate(to diminish the sensibility of) |