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2 uitvreten
〈 informeel〉1 [uitspoken] be up to2 [op iemands kosten leven] sponge on3 [uithollen] eat away at♦voorbeelden:1 wat heeft hij nou weer uitgevreten? • what's he been up to now? -
3 vreten
vreten1〈 het〉1 [voer voor dieren] fodder 〈voor vee e.d.〉; food 〈voor huisdieren/wilde dieren〉; forage 〈voor paarden/koeien e.d.〉; 〈 van afval〉 slops2 [vulgair] [eten] grub, stuff————————vreten21 [vulgair] [met betrekking tot personen/eten] feed2 [informeel] [gulzig eten] stuff/cram/gorge (oneself)♦voorbeelden:1 dat is niet te vreten! • that's not fit for pigs!2 zich te barsten vreten • stuff oneself to the gullet/sickII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden:het publiek vréét die schandaalverhaaltjes • the public simply laps up these scandalsdat toestel vréét stroom • this machine eats up electricity1 [knagen] eat (away), gnaw (at), prey (on)♦voorbeelden: -
4 uitbijten
2 [met de tanden wegnemen uit] bite (out)1 [door een bijtende werking aantasten] corrode (away)♦voorbeelden: -
5 verteren
1 [als voedsel verwerken] digest2 [uitgeven] spend3 [doen vergaan, vernielen] consume, eat away♦voorbeelden:zwaar te verteren kost • strong meat1 [als voedsel verwerkt worden] (be) digest(ed)2 [vergaan] be consumed/eaten away3 [consumpties gebruiken] spend money♦voorbeelden: -
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v. eat away, eat up -
7 verslinden
v. devour, gormandize, swallow, swallow up, engorge, eat up, eat away, mop up, be gluttonous of -
8 invreten
♦voorbeelden:1 roest vreet in • rust corrodes/is corrosiveII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden:1 ingevreten ijzerwerk • corroded/rusty ironwork -
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v. erode, wear away, grind down, corrode; slowly consume, eat away -
10 aantasten
v. affect, fray, impair, corrode, eat away; attack -
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v. corrode, eat away -
12 corrosief
adj. corrosive, able to eat away, able to cause corrosion; destructive, causing deterioration; sarcastic, biting, caustic -
13 doorroesten
v. corrode, eat away -
14 invreten
v. corrode, eat away -
15 kaalvreten
v. eat away -
16 wegvreten
v. corrode, erode, canker, eat away, fret -
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• to corrode• to eat away -
18 afknagen
1 [door knagen ontdoen van] gnaw off♦voorbeelden: -
19 opeten
3 [verteren, ook figuurlijk] eat (up/away) ⇒ consume♦voorbeelden: -
20 knagen
♦voorbeelden:2 een knagend geweten • pangs of conscience, a troubled conscienceeen knagende honger • gnawing hunger, pangs of hungerknagende pijn • nagging painhet verdriet knaagde aan zijn hart • sorrow was eating his heart awayII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉
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