opschuiven — meaning in English

English meaning

• creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
• prorogue verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.

Senses

opschuiven is used for these senses in English:

• creep To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
• prorogue (transitive, now, _, rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]

creep — full definition

1. verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
2. verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
3. noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.

prorogue — full definition

1. verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
2. verb To make something last longer.

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