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Drucken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
  • hug verb To wrap your arms around someone and hold them close, usually to show affection or comfort.
  • press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.
  • print verb To produce text or images on paper or another surface, typically using a machine.
  • printing noun The process or industry of producing printed materials.
  • push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  • shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  • shrink verb To become or make smaller.
  • snuggle verb To settle into a warm, close, and comfortable position, often with another person.
  • squeeze verb To press something firmly from two or more sides.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

Drucken is used for these senses in English:

  • boost (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
  • extrude To push or thrust out.
  • extrude (transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.
  • hug (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
  • print (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
  • print (ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
  • printing (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
  • push (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

boost — full definition

  1. noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
  2. verb To help increase or improve something.
  3. verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).

hug — full definition

  1. verb To wrap your arms around someone and hold them close, usually to show affection or comfort.
  2. verb To stay very close to something, such as a road or coastline.
  3. noun An act of embracing someone with your arms.

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