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

Concepts

tar

Synonyms

kwijnen

verteren

zwart

leven van

pekken

Translations

alcatroar

teeren

goudronner

tar

alquitranar

katranlamak

enquitranar

katran sürmek

tar

cobrir com alcatrão

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: tēren

Inherited from Old Dutch: *terien

Cognate with German: zehren

Cognate with English: tear

Inherited from Middle Dutch: teren

In summary

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”).