aantasten — meaning in English

English meaning

• affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
• erode verb To gradually wear away, especially by water, wind, or chemical action.
• sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.

Senses

aantasten is used for these senses in English:

• affect (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• erode To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
• sap (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
• sap (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
• sap (transitive) To gradually weaken.

affect — full definition

1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

erode — full definition

1. verb To gradually wear away, especially by water, wind, or chemical action.
2. verb To gradually weaken or destroy something over time.

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