wühlen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- churn verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
- delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- nuzzle verb To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.
- root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
- rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.
Senses
wühlen is used for these senses in English:
- churn (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
- delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- nuzzle Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.
- root (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- rummage (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
- rummage (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly.
churn — full definition
- verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
- verb To produce something rapidly and in large quantity, often with an implication of low care or quality.
- noun The rate at which customers stop using a company's product or service.
- noun A container used for making butter by agitating cream.
delve — full definition
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.