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neerhalen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abase verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
  • demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
  • evisceration noun A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.

Senses

neerhalen is used for these senses in English:

  • abase (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
  • demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  • demean (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
  • evisceration (figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
  • shoot down (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.

abase — full definition

  1. verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
  2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
  3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

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