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1 stretch
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2 oprekfunctie
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3 uitrekken
♦voorbeelden:1 een elastiek uitrekken • stretch/strain a rubber bandzich uitrekken • stretch oneself (out)zich eens lekker uitrekken • have a good stretch1 [langer worden] stretch♦voorbeelden: -
4 rekken
1 [langer/wijder (kunnen) worden] stretch♦voorbeelden:II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 [uitstrekken] stretch3 [langer doen duren] drag/draw out ⇒ prolong 〈 onderhandelingen, leven〉, spin out, protract 〈 bezoek〉♦voorbeelden: -
5 spannen
1 [strak trekken] stretch, tighten2 [uitrekken] stretch3 [de volle kracht in werking stellen] strain4 [door strak (uit)zetten vormen] stretch5 [vastmaken] harness♦voorbeelden:1 een draad spannen • stretch/tighten a stringzijn spieren spannen • tense/flex one's muscleseen paard voor een wagen spannen • harness/hitch a horse to a cart1 [spannend zijn] be tense♦voorbeelden:1 het zal erom spannen of het lukt • that will be no easy task/matterhet zal erom spannen wie er wint • it will be a close match/racehet zal erom spannen • it is going to be close -
6 strekken
2 [toereikend zijn] last ⇒ go♦voorbeelden:3 een daartoe strekkende motie werd door de oppositie ingediend • a motion to that effect was proposed by the oppositioniemand tot voordeel strekken • be to the benefit of/beneficial to someoneII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden: -
7 uitstrekken
1 [zo ver mogelijk strekken] stretch/reach (out) ⇒ extend2 [doen reiken] extend♦voorbeelden:zich op de grond uitstrekken • stretch out on the groundII 〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich uitstrekken〉2 [gelden] extend♦voorbeelden:zich uitstrekken over verscheidene jaren • range over/span several years2 deze bepaling strekt zich niet uit tot … • this stipulation does not extend to … -
8 uitrekken
v. stretch out, stretch, extend -
9 strekken
• to elongate• to level• to straighten• to stretch• to stretch-form• to unwind -
10 de waarheid geweld aandoen
de waarheid geweld aandoen————————strain/stretch the truthVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > de waarheid geweld aandoen
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11 beenruimte
n. legroom, space which allows one to move or stretch one's legs while seated -
12 bespannen
v. stretch, draw out to the full length; elongate; strain -
13 de benen strekken
v. stretch a leg -
14 extensiveren
v. extend, stretch, pull out to its greatest possible length; enlarge, lengthen -
15 forceren
v. force, compel, impose; strain, stretch -
16 gazon
n. lawn, stretch of grass-covered land (usually around a house or estate) -
17 misbruik
n. abuse, misuse, overindulgence, stretch -
18 rak
n. reach, stretch -
19 reiken
v. reach, stretch, range -
20 rekken
v. stretch, draw, protract, drag out, linger out, lengthen, prolong, elongate, extend
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