ontvreemden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
- boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- purloin verb (formal) To steal something, often by betraying someone's trust.
- secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
Senses
ontvreemden is used for these senses in English:
- abstract (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
- boost (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- purloin (transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
abstract — full definition
- noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
- adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
- adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colors, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
- verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.
boost — full definition
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).
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