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aushecken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  • connive verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

Senses

aushecken is used for these senses in English:

  • concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  • connive (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]

concoct — full definition

  1. verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  2. verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.

connive — full definition

  1. verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  2. verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
  3. verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
  4. verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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