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kaf meaning in English

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kaf substantief
{n}

chaff(inedible parts of grain plant)
noun
[UK: tʃɑːf] [US: ˈtʃæf]

Kafarnaüm eigennam

Capernaum(The biblical town)
proper noun

kaffer substantief
{m}

kaffir(black person)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.fə(r)] [US: ˈkæ.fər]

kafferbuffel substantief
{m}

buffalo [buffalos](Old World mammals)
noun
[UK: ˈbʌ.fə.ləʊ] [US: ˈbʌ.fəˌlo.ʊ]

kafkaiaans bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Kafkaesque(marked by menacing complexity)
adjective
[UK: ˈkɑːfk.ə.ˈesk] [US: ˈkɑːfk.ə.ˈesk]

kafkaësk bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Kafkaesque(marked by menacing complexity)
adjective
[UK: ˈkɑːfk.ə.ˈesk] [US: ˈkɑːfk.ə.ˈesk]

kafnaald substantief
{f}

awn [awns](the bristle or beard of certain plants)
noun
[UK: ɔːn] [US: ˈɒn]

kaft substantief
{m} {n}

cover [covers](front and back of a book or a magazine)
noun
[UK: ˈkʌ.və(r)] [US: ˈkʌ.vər]

kaftan substantief
{m}

kaftan(long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
noun
[UK: ˈkæf.tæn] [US: ˈkæf.tæn]

bekaf bijvoeglijk naamwoord

beat(exhausted)
adjective
[UK: biːt] [US: ˈbiːt]

het kaf van het koren scheiden werkwoord

separate the wheat from the chaff(to select only that which is of value)
verb

spraakafzien substantief

lipreading [lipreadings](the act of reading lips)
noun

triskaidekafobie substantief

triskaidekaphobia(fear or dislike of the number 13)
noun

uitkafferen werkwoord

bollock((vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly)
verb
[UK: ˈbɒl.ək] [US: ˈbɑːl.ək]

lay into(To berate; to scold.)
verb
[UK: leɪ ˈɪn.tə ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈleɪ ˌɪn.ˈtuː ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di]

uitkaffering substantief
{f}

excoriation [excoriations](verbal dressing down)
noun
[UK: ɪk.ˌskɔː.rɪ.ˈeɪʃ.n̩] [US: ek.ˈskɔː.ri.ˌeʃ.n̩]

van kaft tot kaft bijwoord

from cover to cover(from the first page to the last page)
adverb
[UK: frəm ˈkʌ.və(r) tuː ˈkʌ.və(r)] [US: frəm ˈkʌ.vər ˈtuː ˈkʌ.vər]