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trekken werkwoord | draw [drew, drawn, drawing, draws](to pull out, unsheath) drift [drifted, drifting, drifts](to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel) journey [journeyed, journeying, journeys](to travel, to make a trip or voyage) pull [pulled, pulling, pulls](transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one) tug [tugged, tugging, tugs](to pull with great effort) tweak [tweaked, tweaking, tweaks](to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch) |
aan het kortste eind trekken werkwoord | draw the short straw(to select the shortest straw) |
aandacht trekken werkwoord | attract [attracted, attracting, attracts](arouse interest) draw attention(to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something) |
aantrekken werkwoord | appeal [appealed, appealing, appeals](to be attractive) attract [attracted, attracting, attracts](pull without touching) bait [baited, baiting, baits](to attract with bait) don [donned, donning, dons](put on clothes) draw [drew, drawn, drawing, draws](to attract) entice [enticed, enticing, entices](to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) lure [lured, luring, lures](to entice) put on(to don clothing) |
aantrekkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | attractive(having the quality of attracting by inherent force) |
aftrekken werkwoord | abate [abated, abating, abates]((obsolete) to omit or remove (a part from a whole), see also: deduct; subtract) jerk off(to masturbate) squeegee(to use a squeegee) subtract [subtracted, subtracting, subtracts](to remove or reduce) wank(transitive: to masturbate (oneself)) |
aftrekken substantief {n} | subtraction [subtractions](process) |
alle registers opentrekken werkwoord | pull out all the stops(reserve nothing) |
bekken trekken werkwoord | mug [mugged, mugging, mugs](to exaggerate a facial expression) |
belletje trekken werkwoord | ding-dong ditch(ringing someone's door bell and running away) |
blaren trekken werkwoord | blister [blistered, blistering, blisters](cause blisters to form) |
de broek aftrekken werkwoord | pants(pull someone’s pants down) |
de neus optrekken/ophalen werkwoord | sneer [sneered, sneering, sneers](raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn) |
dieptrekken substantief {n} | deep drawing(metal forming process) |
doortrekken werkwoord | flush [flushed, flushing, flushes](to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water) imbue [imbued, imbuing, imbues](to permeate or impregnate completely) peregrinate [peregrinated, peregrinating, peregrinates](to travel through a specific place) |
er vanonder trekken werkwoord | absquatulate(to leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart) |
heimelijk vertrekken werkwoord | abscond [absconded, absconding, absconds](to flee, often secretly) |
het kortste lootje trekken werkwoord | draw the short straw(to select the shortest straw) |
het zich onttrekken substantief | cop-out(avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty) |
in twijfel trekken werkwoord | question [questioned, questioning, questions](raise doubts about) |
intrekken werkwoord | absorb [absorbed, absorbing, absorbs](physics: to take up by chemical or physical action) |