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anziehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appeal noun A formal request to a higher court to review and change a lower court's decision.
  • attire noun Clothing, especially of a particular style appropriate to an occasion.
  • attract verb To pull something toward oneself, especially by a physical or magnetic force.
  • clothe verb To dress someone, or to supply them with clothing.
  • don noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
  • draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
  • dress verb To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
  • screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
  • tighten verb To make something tighter, firmer, or more secure.

Senses

anziehen is used for these senses in English:

  • attire (transitive) To clothe or adorn.
  • clothe (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
  • don (transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
  • draw (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
  • dress (also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]
  • get dressed To dress; to put on clothes; to clothe oneself.
  • pull off (intransitive, of a vehicle) To begin moving and then move away; to pull away.
  • put on (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.

appeal — full definition

  1. noun A formal request to a higher court to review and change a lower court's decision.
  2. noun A serious or urgent request for help, support, or something desired.
  3. noun The quality of being attractive or interesting.
  4. verb To formally request that a higher court review a decision.
  5. verb To be attractive or interesting to someone.

attire — full definition

  1. noun Clothing, especially of a particular style appropriate to an occasion.
  2. verb To dress or adorn someone, typically in fine or formal clothing.

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