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wak bijvoeglijk naamwoord | soggy [soggier, soggiest](soaked with liquid) |
wak substantief {n} | glade(open space in ice) |
wake substantief | vigil [vigils](keeping awake) wake [wakes](period after death) |
wake-up call substantief | wake-up call [wake-up calls](figuratively: alert, reminder, call to action) |
waken werkwoord | be awake(to not sleep) |
wakker bijvoeglijk naamwoord | awake(conscious) conscious(alert, awake) |
wakker maken werkwoord | awaken [awakened, awakening, awakens](transitive: to cause to become awake) wake(to make somebody stop sleeping) wake up(to awaken (someone else)) |
wakker worden werkwoord | awaken [awakened, awakening, awakens](intransitive: to stop sleeping) wake(to stop sleeping) wake up(to (become) awake) |
wakvlakte substantief | polynya(area of open water surrounded by sea ice) |
afzwakken werkwoord | blunt [blunted, blunting, blunts](to repress or weaken) decline [declined, declining, declines](become weaker or worse) lessen [lessened, lessening, lessens](to make less) palliate [palliated, palliating, palliates](obsolete: to lessen the severity of) |
bewaken werkwoord | guard [guarded, guarding, guards](to protect from some offence) ward [warded, warding, wards](To keep in safety; to watch; to guard) watch over(to guard and protect) |
bewaker substantief {m} | guard [guards](person who or thing that protects something) guardian [guardians](guard or watcher) keeper [keepers](guard, custodian) security guard(person employed to provide security) |
bewaking substantief | ward [wards](action of a watchman) |
bewaking substantief {f} | surveillance [surveillances](observation of individuals or groups of individuals) |
bewakingscamera substantief {f} | surveillance camera(CCTV camera) |
camerabewaking substantief {f} | video surveillance(security technology) |
de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
dodenwake substantief | wake [wakes](period after death) |
grensbewaker substantief {m} | border guard(a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states) |
grensbewaking substantief {f} | border control(regulation of movement of people, animals or goods across a border) |
het zwakke geslacht substantief {n} | fair sex(women) |
kopi loewak substantief | kopi luwak(coffee made from eaten berries) |
kwak interjection | ribbit(the sound made by a frog or toad) |
kwak substantief | croak [croaks](the sound of a frog or toad) dollop(considerable lump) gob [gobs](lump of soft or sticky material) |