teren

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

kwijnen

verteren

zwart

leven van

pekken

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).