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draai substantief | turn [turns](change of direction or orientation) |
draai substantief {m} | volte-face(reversal of attitude, policy, or principle) |
draai links phrase | please turn leftphrase |
draai om de oren substantief | cuff on the ear(smack on the side of the head) |
draai rechts phrase | please turn rightphrase |
draai van 180 graden substantief | U-turnnoun |
draaibank substantief | lathe [lathes](machine tool used to shape a piece of material) |
draaiboek substantief {n} | scenario [scenarios]noun |
draaicirkel substantief {m} | turning circle(of a road vehicle) |
draaideur substantief {f} | revolving door(rotating door) |
draaideurcrimineel substantief {f} | repeat offender(repeat offender, see also: recidivist) |
draaideurpolitiek substantief {f} | revolving door(politics) |
draaien werkwoord | bend [bent, bent, bending, bends](to change direction) gyrate [gyrated, gyrating, gyrates](to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado, see also: revolve) lathe [lathed, lathing, lathes](to shape with a lathe) slew(to rotate or turn something about its axis) spin [spun, spun, spinning, spins](to turn around quickly) turn [turned, turning, turns](to move around an axis through itself) tweak [tweaked, tweaking, tweaks](to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch) twist [twisted, twisting, twists]verb writhe [writhed, writhing, writhes](to twist or contort the body) |
draaien substantief | spin [spins](circular motion) |
draaier substantief | prevaricator(one who prevaricates) |
draaier substantief {m} | axis [axes](second cervical vertebra) turner [turners](person working a lathe) |
draaierig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | dizzy [dizzier, dizziest](experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) |
draaierij substantief {m} | prevarication [prevarications](deceit, evasiveness) |
draaihek substantief {n} | turnstile [turnstiles](rotating mechanical device) |
draaiing substantief {f} | rotation [rotations](single cycle of turning) |
draaikolk substantief | eddy [eddies](air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current) swirl [swirls](whirling eddy) whirlpool [whirlpools](swirling body of water) |
draaikolk substantief {f} | vortex [vortices](whirlpool) |
draaikolk substantief {m} {f} | maelstrom [maelstroms](large and violent whirlpool) |
draaikruis substantief {n} | turnstile [turnstiles](rotating mechanical device) |
draailier substantief {f} | hurdy-gurdy(stringed instrument) |
draaimolen substantief {m} | merry-go-round [merry-go-rounds](carousel) roundabout [roundabouts](children's play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed) |
draaimoment substantief {n} | spin [spins]noun |
draaiorgel substantief {f} | street organ(mechanically played street organ) |