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rondhangen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • hang out verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed way, with no particular purpose, usually with other people.
  • loiter verb To stand or wait around somewhere without any clear purpose.
  • loitering noun The act of standing or hanging around somewhere without a clear purpose.
  • mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
  • sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.

Senses

rondhangen is used for these senses in English:

  • dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
  • hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • hang out (dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
  • knock about (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
  • loitering The action of the verb loiter.
  • mill (intransitive, followed by, _, around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
  • sag To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

dwell — full definition

  1. verb To live or reside in a place.
  2. verb To keep thinking or talking about something, often unnecessarily.

hang — full definition

  1. verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  2. verb To kill someone by suspending them by the neck.
  3. verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed, informal way (often "hang out").
  4. noun A general understanding of how to do or use something.

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