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drehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • film noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
  • lathe noun A machine that shapes a piece of wood, metal, or other material by spinning it against a cutting tool.
  • pivot noun A central point or shaft on which something turns or balances.
  • reel noun A cylindrical device on which thread, film, cable, or fishing line is wound.
  • revolve verb To move in a circular path around a central point.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • rotate verb To turn around a central point or axis.
  • spin verb To turn around quickly on an axis.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.
  • veer verb To change direction suddenly, especially while moving.
  • whirl verb To spin or turn around quickly.
  • wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.

Senses

drehen is used for these senses in English:

  • be all about (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on.
  • film (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
  • go round To physically swirl or rotate.
  • go round To rotate, to move in a circle.
  • lathe To shape with a lathe.
  • pivot (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
  • reel To spin or revolve repeatedly.
  • roll The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

film — full definition

  1. noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
  2. noun A thin layer or coating of a substance.
  3. verb To record a scene or event using a camera.

lathe — full definition

  1. noun A machine that shapes a piece of wood, metal, or other material by spinning it against a cutting tool.
  2. verb To shape something using a lathe.

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