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afscheiden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dissociate verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
  • excrete verb To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
  • exude verb To slowly ooze or seep out, especially of liquid or moisture.
  • isolate verb To separate someone or something from others.
  • ooze verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

afscheiden is used for these senses in English:

  • dissociate (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
  • excrete (biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
  • exude (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
  • isolate (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
  • secession The act of seceding.
  • strain (transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.

dissociate — full definition

  1. verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
  2. verb To separate yourself from a person, group or idea, especially publicly, so as not to be associated with them.
  3. verb In chemistry, to split into smaller particles such as ions, atoms or simpler molecules, often reversibly.

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