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1 dumb down
v. (spreektaal) vereenvoudig ingewikkelde informatie om het begrijpelijk te maken, verlaag het intellectuele peil van iets (zoals een boek) -
2 strike
n. staking; aanval; uitvinding; geluk--------v. slaan; aansteken; toeslaan; toeschijnen; schijnen; opkomen bij; treffen; staken; doorhalen; waarmakenstrike1[ strajk] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉3 staking♦voorbeelden:————————strike21 slaan ⇒ slaan in/met/op/tegen; uithalen; treffen, raken; aanvallen, toeslaan; aanslaan 〈 snaar, noot〉; aan de haak slaan, vangen; munten, geld slaan; aansteken 〈 lucifer〉; botsen (met/op), stoten (op/tegen)3 wortel (doen) schieten ⇒ stekken; (zich) vasthechten (in)4 aanvoelen ⇒ aandoen, lijken5 (op pad/weg) gaan ⇒ beginnen (met)♦voorbeelden:the clock strikes • de klok slaatstruck dumb • met stomheid geslagenthey were struck silent • ze stonden als verstomdstrike through • doorstrepen, schrappenstrike (up)on • treffen, slaan op; stoten op, ontdekken; krijgen, komen op 〈 idee〉strike at • uithalen naar, een slag toedienen 〈 ook figuurlijk〉struck by lightning • door de bliksem getroffenstrike someone off the list • iemand royerenII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉2 bereiken ⇒ sluiten, halen4 uitkomen op ⇒ tegenkomen, stuiten op5 ontdekken ⇒ vinden, stoten op6 een indruk maken op ⇒ opvallen, lijken♦voorbeelden:strike a bargain with • het op een akkoordje gooien metdid it ever strike you that • heb je er wel eens aan gedacht dat¶ strike terror into someone's heart • iemand met schrik vervullen/de schrik op het lijf jagen
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dumb down — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms dumb down : present tense I/you/we/they dumb down he/she/it dumbs down present participle dumbing down past tense dumbed down past participle dumbed down to make something simpler and easier to… … English dictionary
dumb down — PHRASAL VERB If you dumb down something, you make it easier for people to understand, especially when this spoils it. [V P n] This sounded like a case for dumbing down the magazine, which no one favored. [Also V n P, V] Derived words: dumbing… … English dictionary
dumb down — verb a) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. The public wont understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it. b) To… … Wiktionary
Dumb down — 1. act dumber than one is: She deliberately dumbed down because she didn t want to seem a smart arse ; 2. amend for a less intellectual audience: to dumb down a speech ; 3. make (a country) less intellectual by discouraging intellectualism,… … Dictionary of Australian slang
dumb down — Australian Slang 1. act dumber than one is: She deliberately dumbed down because she didn t want to seem a smart arse ; 2. amend for a less intellectual audience: to dumb down a speech ; 3. make (a country) less intellectual by discouraging… … English dialects glossary
dumb down — transitive verb Date: 1933 to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content of (as a textbook); also to lower the general level of intelligence in < the dumbing down of society > … New Collegiate Dictionary
dumb down — to make simpler The phrase refers to public examinations, which retain the former names and grades but are set or marked so that a greater proportion of examinees appears to pass or do well; or to broadcasting, where effort is being made to … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
dumb something down or dumb down — informal make or become less intellectually challenging. → dumb … English new terms dictionary
dumb down — v. (Slang) simplify complex information to make it more easily understandable, lower the intellectual level of something (such as a book) … English contemporary dictionary
dumb down — transitive verb : to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content of (as a textbook) … Useful english dictionary
dumb´ness — dumb «duhm», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not able to speak: »dumb animals. Helen Keller learned to speak; she was blind and deaf but not dumb. 2. silenced for the moment by fear, surprise, shyness, or other emotion: »She was struck dumb with… … Useful english dictionary