plooien — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bend verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
- curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
- flex verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
- fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- ply verb To work steadily at something, or use a tool with regular effort.
- sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
Senses
plooien is used for these senses in English:
- bend (intransitive) To become curved.
- bend (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- corrugate To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
- curve (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- flex (countable) An act of flexing.
- flex (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- fold (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- ply (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
bend — full definition
- verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
- verb To curve or change direction.
- verb To lean or stoop the body.
- verb To adapt rules or facts to suit a purpose.
- noun A curve, turn, or angle.
curve — full definition
- noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
- verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
- noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.