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werken werkwoord | act [acted, acting, acts](to have an effect on) toil [toiled, toiling, toils](to labour, to work) |
werken substantief | works(plural form of work (in its countable senses)) |
werkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | functional(in good working order) |
aan het spoor werken werkwoord | railroad [railroaded, railroading, railroads](to work for a railroad) |
afwerken werkwoord | absolve [absolved, absolving, absolves](obsolete: to finish, accomplish) finish [finished, finishing, finishes](to complete) |
averechts werken werkwoord | backfire [backfired, backfiring, backfires](fail) |
bewerken werkwoord | adapt [adapted, adapting, adapts](to fit by alteration) cultivate [cultivated, cultivating, cultivates](turn or stir soil in preparation for planting) edit [edited, editing, edits](to change a text, or a document) fret [fretted, fretting, frets](to cut through with a fretsaw) till [tilled, tilling, tills](to work or cultivate) tool [tooled, tooling, tools](to work on or shape with tools) |
bewerken substantief | process [processes]noun |
bijwerken werkwoord | update [updated, updating, updates](to make something up to date) |
buitenwerken werkwoord | bundle [bundled, bundling, bundles](to hustle, dispatch quickly) |
er flink voor werken werkwoord | break a sweat(to put effort into something) |
handbewerken werkwoord | craft [crafted, crafting, crafts](to make by hand) |
het samenwerken substantief {f} | collaboration [collaborations](act of collaborating) |
inwerken werkwoord | impact [impacted, impacting, impacts](to influence) |
ivoor bewerken werkwoord | scrimshaw [scrimshawed, scrimshawing, scrimshaws](to make a handicraft of scrimshaw) |
medewerkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | compliant(willing to comply) |
meewerkend voorwerp substantief {n} | indirect object(grammatical term) object [objects](in grammar) |
op de heupen werken werkwoord | nettle [nettled, nettling, nettles](to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone) |
op de zenuwen werken werkwoord | get on someone's nerves(annoy or irritate) grate [grated, grating, grates](to grate on one's nerves, irritate) |
op iemands zenuwen werken werkwoord | nark(annoy) |
samenwerken werkwoord | accompany [accompanied, accompanying, accompanies](obsolete: to keep company) collaborate [collaborated, collaborating, collaborates](to work together on a piece of work) cooperate [cooperated, cooperating, cooperates](to work together) |
samenwerkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | cooperative(ready to work with another) |
tegenwerken werkwoord | antagonize [antagonized, antagonizing, antagonizes](to oppose) queer [queered, queering, queers]verb |
tegenwerkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | cross [crosser, crossest](opposite, opposed to) |
tegenwerkende bijvoeglijk naamwoord | cross [crosser, crossest](opposite, opposed to) |
tegenwerkende factor substantief {m} | roadblock [roadblocks](An obstacle or impediment) |
terugwerkend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | retroactive(extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions) |
tot laat in de nacht werken werkwoord | burn the midnight oil(work through the night) |