aftrekken — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• squeegee noun A tool with a rubber blade fixed at a right angle to a handle, used for scraping, cleaning or drying flat surfaces such as windows, windscreens or floors.
• subtract verb To take one number or amount away from another.
• subtraction noun (mathematics) The process of taking one number away from another.

Senses

aftrekken is used for these senses in English:

• abate Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]
• beat one's meat (slang, by extension) To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity.
• hand job (vulgar, slang) The stimulation of another person's penis using the hand as a sexual act.
• jerk off (intransitive, vulgar) To do nothing; to waste time.
• squeegee (ambitransitive) To use a squeegee. [1883]
• subtract (transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
• subtraction (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
• subtraction (arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

squeegee — full definition

1. noun A tool with a rubber blade fixed at a right angle to a handle, used for scraping, cleaning or drying flat surfaces such as windows, windscreens or floors.
2. verb To press, spread or clear something using a squeegee.

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