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drukken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
  • print verb To produce text or images on paper or another surface, typically using a machine.
  • scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.
  • squeeze verb To press something firmly from two or more sides.

Senses

drukken is used for these senses in English:

  • print (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
  • scrounge (intransitive) To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
  • squeeze (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
  • squeeze (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

press — full definition

  1. verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
  2. verb To urge someone strongly to do or agree to something.
  3. noun Newspapers and journalists collectively; the news media.
  4. noun A machine used to apply strong force, such as for printing or shaping material.

print — full definition

  1. verb To produce text or images on paper or another surface, typically using a machine.
  2. verb To write letters by hand without joining them, as opposed to cursive.
  3. noun A photograph, image, or piece of text produced by printing.
  4. noun A pattern printed onto fabric.

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