treiben — meaning in English

English meaning

• bankrupt adj Legally unable to pay one's debts.
• drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
• drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
• float verb To rest or stay on the surface of a liquid instead of sinking.
• impel verb To push someone strongly to do something, driven by their own inner motivation.
• plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
• protrusion noun The action of sticking out from a surface.
• urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.
• waft verb To move, or make something move, gently through the air.
• wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.

Senses

treiben is used for these senses in English:

• bankrupt (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
• drift (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
• drift (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
• drive (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
• drive (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
• drive (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
• float (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
• impel (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

bankrupt — full definition

1. adj Legally unable to pay one's debts.
2. verb To cause someone or something to run out of money entirely.

drift — full definition

1. noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
2. noun A large mound of snow, sand, or debris piled up by wind or current.
3. noun The general meaning or intention of something said.
4. verb To move slowly and without control, carried by wind, water, or circumstance.

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