teren

Εννοια

1. (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
2. (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
3. (archaic,intransitive) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
4. (archaic,intransitive) to be digested

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Ετυμολογία

From Middle Dutch tēren (“to destroy, to use (up)”), from Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”). Cognate with German zehren. Also related with English tear (“to rip”).