Dutch | English |
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graven werkwoord | burrow [burrowed, burrowing, burrows](to dig a hole) dig [dug, dug, digging, digs](to move hard-packed earth out of the way) drill [drilled, drilling, drills](to investigate closer) entrench [entrenched, entrenching, entrenches](dig) root [rooted, rooting, roots](to rummage, root out) |
's-Gravenhage eigennam {n} | The Hague(Dutch city) |
begraven werkwoord | bury [buried, burying, buries](to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) inter [interred, interring, inters](bury in a grave) |
begraven bijvoeglijk naamwoord | buried(Placed in a grave at a burial) |
de strijdbijl begraven werkwoord | bury the hatchet(to stop fighting or arguing) |
diepgravend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | in-depth(thorough, comprehensive) |
ingraven werkwoord | entrench [entrenched, entrenching, entrenches](surround with a trench) |
loopgravenoorlog substantief {m} | trench warfare(warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) |
loopgravenvoeten substantief {m-Pl} | trench foot [trench feet](medical condition) |
nog niet dood en begraven preposition | above ground(figuratively: not dead and buried; alive) |
ondergraven werkwoord | sap [sapped, sapping, saps](undermine) subvert [subverted, subverting, subverts](to upturn convention by undermining it) undermine [undermined, undermining, undermines](hinder, sabotage) |
opgraven werkwoord | exhume [exhumed, exhuming, exhumes](To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter) unearth [unearthed, unearthing, unearths](to dig up) |
uitgraven werkwoord | excavate [excavated, excavating, excavates](to uncover (something) by digging) |