optrekken — meaning in English

English meaning

• advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
• rev verb To make an engine run faster, or to increase its speed.
• sneer verb To curl the lip slightly in contempt or scorn.
• trice noun A very short time; a moment. Almost always used in the phrase "in a trice".

Senses

optrekken is used for these senses in English:

• advance (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
• pull out (idiomatic, intransitive) To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.
• rev (ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
• sneer (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
• trice (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
• trice (transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

advance — full definition

1. verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
2. verb To give money before it is normally due.
3. noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
4. adj Happening or done ahead of time.

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