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overdragen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • carry verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
  • convey verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • port noun A town or harbour where ships load, unload, or shelter.

Senses

overdragen is used for these senses in English:

  • bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • carry (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
  • leave (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
  • port (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
  • port (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  • port (also, networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
  • port (transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.

bequeath — full definition

  1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

carry — full definition

  1. verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
  2. verb To have something on your person, such as a weapon, illness, or item.
  3. verb To be responsible for a large share of a team's success.
  4. verb To be pregnant with (a child).
  5. verb In arithmetic, to transfer a surplus digit to the next column when adding.

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