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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) |
aandraaien werkwoord | tighten [tightened, tightening, tightens](to make tighter) |
de waarheid verdraaien werkwoord | bend the truth(change or leave out certain facts of a story) |
dichtdraaien werkwoord | turn off(rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) |
doen draaien werkwoord | spin [spun, spun, spinning, spins](to move sideways when bouncing) |
doordraaien werkwoord | freak out(react with anger or fear) |
los/vastdraaien werkwoord | wrench [wrenched, wrenching, wrenches](to use a wrench) |
omdraaien werkwoord | invert [inverted, inverting, inverts](turn upside down or inside out) turn around(to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees) |
omdraaien substantief {n} | turnover [turnovers](act of overturning something) |
omhoogdraaien werkwoord | up [upped, upping, ups](increase) |
opendraaien werkwoord | turn on(to set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve) |
rond de pot draaien werkwoord | beat around the bush(to treat a topic but omit its main points) prevaricate [prevaricated, prevaricating, prevaricates](shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate) |
ronddraaien werkwoord | gyrate [gyrated, gyrating, gyrates](to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado, see also: revolve) rotate [rotated, rotating, rotates](to spin, turn, or revolve) |
verdraaien werkwoord | distort [distorted, distorting, distorts](to give false account of) fudge [fudged, fudging, fudges](To alter something from its true state) wry(to twist) |
wegdraaien werkwoord | wry(to turn away) |