teren

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Etymology

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”).