| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| down adj | (sick) | ziek bn |
| | | geveld bn |
| | She's down with the flu at the moment. |
| down adj | (level: reduced) | laag, ondermaats bn |
| | | gezakt bn |
| | The water level is down. We should add some more. |
| down adj | (depressed) | down, neerslachtig, verdrietig, terneergeslagen bn |
| | I've been feeling down all week. |
| down adj | (to the south) | ten zuiden, in het zuiden bn |
| | They're down on the south coast all week. |
| down adj | (American football: stopped) (American football) | Als een speler die met de bal vooruitloopt wordt tegengehouden of niet meer verder kan |
| | The referee declared the ball down. |
| down adj | (sports: behind in score) | achter, achterop bn |
| | The Danish team is down ten points. |
| down adj | UK (trains: away from capital) | in het Verenigd Koninkrijk een trein die van Londen wegrijdt |
| | The down train leaves from this platform. |
| down adj | informal (not working, out of order) (website) | plat bn |
| | | buiten werking |
| | The server's down. You'll have to try again later. |
| down adj | (learned) | voorbereid, geleerd bn |
| | Have you got your lines down for the school play yet?. |
| down adj | informal (gambling: with losses of) | in het rood |
| | | negatief bn |
| | I'm down three hundred dollars. |
| | Ik sta 300 dollar in het rood |
| down adj | informal (finished) | af, klaar, gedaan bn |
| | We've got three reports down, one to go! |
| down adv | (written) | opgeschreven, genoteerd bn |
| | Have you got that down yet? |
| down adv | (sitting or lying) (in samenstelling) | neer- bw |
| | I put her down for her nap. |
| down adv | (to lower value) | omlaag, naar beneden bw |
| | Prices have come down in recent weeks. |
| down adv | (reduced: in volume, amount, etc.) | teruggebracht tot bw |
| | We've got our luggage down to one suitcase each. |
| down adv | (time: earlier to later) | gedurende, in de loop van, met het verloop van bw |
| | Language changes down through the ages. |
| down adv | (to lesser strength) (in samenstelling) | af-, neer- bw |
| | The beer tastes watered down. |
| down adv | (cash payment) (in samenstelling) | neer- bn |
| | How much money can you put down? |
| | Hoeveel geld kan je neerleggen? |
| down adv | (into submission) (in samenstelling) | neer- bw |
| | He shouted down his opponent. |
| down adv | (fixed state) (in samenstelling) | vast- bw |
| | The antenna was tied down with ropes. |
| down adv | (to the source) | achter bw |
| Opmerking: For example: track down, hunt down |
| | He tracked down his natural father. |
| down adv | (suppressed) | neer, onder bw |
| | He choked down his emotions. |
| down interj | (command to a dog) | af tw |
| | Down, boy! Get back to your kennel. |
| down n | (botany: fuzz) | dons nw de |
| | | haartjes nw mv |
| | Peaches have a layer of down on their skin. |
| downs npl | UK (rolling country) | hoge weide nw de |
| | Sheep were grazing on the downs. |
| | Undulating downs stretched as far as the eye could see. |
| down prep | (away) | naar beneden, omlaag, af bw |
| | They walked down the mountain. |
| down⇒ vi | informal (fall) | zakken, dalen onoverg.ww |
| | The road ups and downs all the way to the sea. |
| down vtr | (drink) | opdrinken overg.ww |
| | He downed his beer and left. |
| down vtr | (shoot from the sky) | neerhalen, naar beneden schieten overg.ww |
| | They downed a helicopter with just a rifle. |
| down vtr | (subdue) | neerleggen overg.ww |
| | That wrestler could down anyone in thirty seconds. |
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| back down vi phrasal | (give in, yield) | zich terugtrekken wk ww |
| | (pejoratief) | terugkrabbelen onoverg.ww |
| | | opgeven overg.ww |
| | Despite the evidence, he refused to back down. |
| bear down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (push, press on) | drukken onoverg.ww |
| | Bear down on the pen to make clear carbon copies. |
| bear down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (weigh heavily upon) (figuurlijk) | zwaar wegen op, zwaar drukken op onoverg. uitdr. |
| | Emma felt the full weight of her financial worries bearing down on her. |
| bear down on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK (rush towards) | snel afkomen op onoverg. uitdr. |
| | The truck came bearing down on the brothers as they were crossing the street. |
| bear down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (approach threateningly) | dreigend afkomen op iemand onoverg. uitdr. |
| | The man was bearing down on Jim along the path. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (sun: shine brightly and hot) (zon) | branden onoverg.ww |
| | The sun was beating down on our backs. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (rain: pour heavily) | stortregenen onoverg.ww |
| | (informeel) | gieten, hozen overg.ww |
| | The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (negotiate lower price from) | afdingen bij ww + vz |
| | (informeel) | pingelen onoverg.ww |
| | Amy beat the seller down to £20 for the vase. |
| beat [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (price: negotiate lower) | afdingen op ww + vz |
| | (informeel) | pingelen onoverg.ww |
| | We beat the price down to $45. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (demoralize) | terneerslaan onoverg.ww |
| | | ontmoedigen overg.ww |
| | | moedeloos maken overg.ww |
| | Doris admitted that life was beating her down. |
| bed down vi phrasal | (go to bed) | naar bed gaan onoverg. uitdr. |
| | | gaan slapen onoverg. uitdr. |
| | I usually bed down at about eleven o'clock. |
| bed [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (provide bed for) | een slaapplaats bieden overg. uitdr. |
| | Emily fed, bathed, and bedded down the children. |
| bend down vi phrasal | (lean over) | zich bukken wk ww |
| | | bukken, voorover buigen onoverg.ww |
| | The mother bent down to tie the child's shoe laces. |
bog [sth] down,
bog down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | usually passive, informal (vehicle: mire) | vastlopen onoverg.ww |
| | The jeep got bogged down in a huge mud puddle. |
| | De Jeep is vastgelopen in een immense modderpoel. |
| bog [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative, usually passive, informal (person: hinder, burden) | hinderen overg.ww |
| | Work is really bogging me down lately. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (liquid: reduce) | inkoken onoverg. ww |
| | The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy. |
| boil down vi phrasal | (liquid: be reduced) | inkoken onoverg. ww |
| | Heat the water until it boils down to a volume of about 10ml. |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) | neerkomen op ww + vz |
| | What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (information, argument: reduce) | samenvatten overg. ww |
| | | terugbrengen tot ww + vz |
| | If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means. |
| bow down vi phrasal | (bend or kneel as sign of respect) | neerbuigen, neerknielen onoverg.ww |
| | She was asked to bow down in front of a statue of their god. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | kapot gaan, stuk gaan onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| | Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figuurlijk) | instorten onoverg.ww |
| | The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (deur) | intrappen overg.ww |
| | | slopen overg.ww |
| | (muur) | neerhalen, afbreken overg.ww |
| | The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| break [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) (v.e. stof) | afbreken overg.ww |
| | Alcohol wordt voornamelijk afgebroken door de lever. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) (figuurlijk) | opsplitsen overg.ww |
| | | analyseren overg.ww |
| | We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| bring [sb/sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (cause demise) | neerhalen over. ww |
| | | ten val brengen onoverg. uitdr. |
| calm down vi phrasal | (become calmer) | kalmeren, bedaren onoverg. ww |
| | | rustig worden, tot rust komen onoverg. ww |
| | The street market is closed until the weather has calmed down. |
calm [sb] down,
calm down [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (make calmer) | kalmeren onoverg. ww |
| | | tot rust brengen overg. ww |
| | She gave the baby a bottle to calm him down. |
| close down vi phrasal | (business: cease trading) | sluiten, dichtgaan onoverg. ww |
| | When the doctor was killed, the clinic was forced to close down. |
| close [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (prevent [sth] from operating) | sluiten, opheffen overg. ww |
| | The Women's Anti-Exploitation League vowed to close down the porno shop. |
| come down vi phrasal | (descend) | naar beneden komen bw + ww |
| | Go upstairs and tell your sister to come down for dinner. |
| come down with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (fall ill) | oplopen, krijgen overg. ww |
| | I've just come down with a cold. |
| cool down vi phrasal | (become less hot) | afkoelen onoverg.ww |
| | Give the cookies ten minutes to cool down. |
| cool down vi phrasal | figurative, informal (become less angry) (figuurlijk) | afkoelen onoverg.ww |
| | | bedaren onoverg.ww |
| | It took Andy a while to cool down after the argument with his brother. |
| cool [sth/sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (make less hot) | doen afkoelen overg.ww |
| | Ben took a cold shower to cool himself down after the race. |
| crack down on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (not tolerate) | stevig aanpakken bw + ww |
| | (Belg.) | hard aanpakken bw+ww |
| | The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| crack down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (punish) | met harde hand optreden tegen frase |
| | Every holiday, police set up checkpoints to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| cut down vi phrasal | (reduce consumption) | minderen onoverg.ww |
| | If you can't give up smoking altogether, you should at least try to cut down. |
| cut down vtr phrasal sep | (reduce) | minderen met ww + vz |
| | I'm cutting down on my electicity usage by installing CF bulbs in all my lamps. |
| cut down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (kill, strike down) | doen sneuvelen overg.ww |
| | Many soldiers were cut down by enemy fire. |
| die down vi phrasal | (diminish, subside) | bedaren, afnemen onoverg.ww |
| | The shouting died down when the rock star began singing. |
| double down vi phrasal | US (blackjack: double the bid) (blackjack) | verdubbelen overg.ww |
| | The blackjack player took the risk of doubling down. |
| double down vi phrasal | mainly US, figurative (become more stubborn) (figuurlijk; inzet, energie) | hardnekkiger worden bn+koppelww |
| | When criticized for his views, he doubled down and his remarks caused more outrage. |
| double down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | mainly US, figurative (become more stubborn about [sth]) (figuurlijk) | hardnekkiger verdedigen bn+overg.ww |
| | When the interviewer questioned her, she doubled down on her support for the President. |
| drag [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (demoralize) (figuurlijk) | naar beneden halen overg.ww |
| | | verpesten overg.ww |
| | His attitude is dragging the rest of us down. |
| drag down vtr phrasal sep | (lower the status, reputation of) (fig., v. reputatie) | neerhalen, verlagen overg.ww |
| | Marrying that reprobate will certainly drag down her reputation. |
| drop down vi phrasal | (computer menu: be displayed) | uitklappen overg. ww |
| | Click here and a list of options will drop down. |
| dumb down vi phrasal | informal (present [sth] in less educated way) | versimpelen overg. ww |
| | The news media these days is dumbing down, with more photos of celebrities than real news stories. |
| dumb [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (present in less educated way) | versimpelen, vereenvoudigen overg. ww |
| | You may need to dumb down your presentation for this audience. |
face [sth/sb] down,
face down [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (overcome by confronting) | iemand confronteren overg.ww |
| | I faced down my attacker and he ran away. |
| fall down vi phrasal | (structure: collapse) (bouwwerk) | omvallen, instorten onoverg.ww |
| | The brick wall fell down. |
| fall down vi phrasal | (person: trip, slip) (persoon) | vallen, neervallen onoverg.ww |
| | Mike fell down and injured his back. |
| fall down vi phrasal | figurative (person: fail) | mislukken onoverg.ww |
| | (informeel) | op zijn bek gaan frase |
| | Many students fall down on this test task. |
flag [sb/sth] down,
flag down [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (stop by signalling: taxi, etc.) | signaleren ww |
| | It's hard to flag down a taxi during the rush hour. |
| | Julie was lost and had no signal on her phone; she had to flag down a passing car to ask for help. |
| get down vi phrasal | (from vehicle, horse) | uitstappen onoverg.ww |
| | (paard) | afstijgen onoverg.ww |
| | The truck driver got down from his cab to inspect the tires. |
| | De vrachtwagenchauffeur stapte uit uit zijn cabine om de banden te inspecteren. |
| get [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (depress) | deprimeren overg.ww |
| | | somber maken bn+ww |
| | Try not to let your exam results get you down. |
| | Laat jouw examenresultaten je niet deprimeren. |
Samengestelde woorden:
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| be bogged down in/by [sth] v expr | figurative (encumbered or oppressed) (figuurlijk) | verzanden in ww+vz |
| | (figuurlijk) | blijven steken in onoverg.uitdr. |
| | The lawyer was bogged down in paper work. |
| bowed down adj | figurative (weighed down, oppressed) | onderdrukt bn |
| | Jack was bowed down by troubles after he lost his job. |
| break down and cry v expr | (burst into tears) | in tranen uitbarsten, in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| | Helen broke down and cried when she heard the sad news. |
| breakdown n | (car, machine: failure) | defect nw het |
| | | panne nw de |
| | Mary had a breakdown on the way to work, which caused her to be late. |
| breakdown n | (mental collapse) | inzinking, instorting nw de |
| | Apparently, Dr. Harris had a breakdown, so Dr. Watts is taking over his scheduled surgeries. |
| broken-down adj | (dilapidated) (gebouw) | vervallen, bouwvallig bn |
| | | kapot, stuk bn |
| | The house was old and its broken-down roof was letting in the rain. |
bucket,
bucket along [sth],
bucket down [sth] vi + prep | UK (travel quickly) (hard rijden) | razen onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: Followed by a preposition |
| | The car was bucketing along the road. |
| burn down vi + adv | (be destroyed by fire) | afbranden onoverg.ww |
| | The factory burnt down in a fire that killed 11 workers. |
| burn [sth] down vtr + adv | (destroy by fire) | doen afbranden, platbranden overg.ww |
| | A fire burnt the hotel down. |
| button-down shirt n | (has buttons on collar) | button-down overhemd nw het |
| | He's always neatly dressed in a freshly-pressed suit and a button-down shirt. |
| Calm down! interj | (don't panic) | vertaling niet beschikbaar |
| | Calm down! The matter has been resolved. |
| climb down [sth] vi + prep | (descend by grasping) | naar beneden klimmen onoverg.uitdr. |
| | | afdalen onoverg.ww |
| | She managed to climb down the mountain to fetch help for her injured friend. |
| climb down vi + adv | (descend [sth] by grasping) | naar beneden klimmen woordgr |
| | If the cat climbed up the tree, I'm sure he can climb down. |
| come down in price v expr | informal (become less expensive) (prijs) | zakken, dalen onoverg.ww |
| | | goedkoper worden overg.ww |
| | That computer will come down in price when a faster model becomes available. |
| come down to earth v expr | figurative (be realistic) (figuurlijk) | weer met beide benen op de grond komen, wakker geschud worden frase |
| | He came down to earth with a real bump when he was forced to get his first job. |
| course down [sth] vi + prep | (liquids: flow down) | stromen onoverg.ww |
| | Tears were coursing down the cheeks of the mourners as they stood at the graveside. |
| | The waterfall coursed down the rocks into the pool below. |
| deep down adv | (inwardly or intimately) | diep vanbinnen bw |
| | She looks happy but deep down she is very lonely. |
| down below adv | figurative, informal (in Hell) (figuurlijk) | in de hel bw |
| | They should send these evil people down below. |
| down below adv | euphemism (in the genital area) | in het kruis bw |
| | Harry's been suffering from problems down below. |
| down in the dumps adv | figurative (miserable) (figuurlijk) | in de put bw |
| | | verdrietig, mistroostig bn |
| be down on [sth/sb] v expr | informal (dislike) | niet mogen bw+overg. ww |
| | | een afkeer hebben van uitdr. |
| | Why are you so down on James? He has never done anything to hurt you. |
down payment,
downpayment n | (sum paid in advance) | aanbetaling nw de |
| | When we bought a new car, we made a down payment of £1000 and paid the rest in instalments. |
down south,
down South adv | US (in Southern States) (V.S.) | in de zuidelijke staten bw |
down south,
down South adv | UK (in Southern counties) (G.B.) | in de zuidelijke provincies bw |
| | Jack's been living down south in Kent for many years now. |
| down south adv | (any country: in the south) | in het zuiden bw |
| | Down south in India is the ancient trading port of Cochin. |
| down the hatch interj | slang (cheers) (informeel) | ad fundum tw |
| | (slang) | adje tw |
down to earth,
down-to-earth adj | (sensible) | nuchter, praktisch bn |
| | | met beide benen op de grond staan uitdr. |
| Opmerking: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | Marilyn's a very down-to-earth person: she'll be a great asset in the coming crisis. |
| down to earth adv | figurative (to reality) | weer met beide benen op de grond doen staan overg. uitdr. |
| | Telling her I was broke brought her quickly back down to earth and stopped her spending sprees. |
| Down's n | abbr, informal (Down syndrome) (medisch) | syndroom van Down, mongolisme nw het, ont. |
Down's syndrome,
also US: Down syndrome n | (chromosome abnormality) | syndroom van Down nw het |
| | My brother was born with Down's syndrome. |
downmarket,
down-market adj | (mass-produced) | voor grootschalig gebruik bw |
| | I prefer to shop at boutiques rather than buy downmarket clothing at box stores. |
| dressing down n | (casual clothes) | informele kleding, eenvoudige kleding nw de, ont. |
| | In many industries, dressing down is the new norm. |
dressing down,
dressing-down n | informal (reprimand) | uitbrander, reprimande nw de |
| | The teacher gave the children a dressing-down for having disobeyed the rules. |
| face down adv | (facing downwards) | naar beneden gericht woordgr |
| | Place the document face down on the glass to scan it. |
| | After tripping over the roller skate, he found himself face down on the sidewalk. |
| feel down vi + adj | informal (be sad) | depressief zijn bw + ww |
| | | verdrietig zijn bw + ww |
| | Given what you experienced, it's only natural that you're feeling down. |
| | I feel down about not getting that job; I thought I really nailed the interview. |
| fold down vi + adv | (furniture: lower for use) | neerklappen ww |
| | Behind this wall panel is a bed that folds down at night. |
| fold down vi + adv | (furniture: become flat) | neervouwen ww |
| | The seat backs fold down to create more room in the car. |
fold [sth] down,
fold down [sth] vtr + adv | (furniture: lower for use) | iets naar beneden klappen overg. ww |
| | On the plane, he folded down the arm rests and fastened his seat belt. |
| fold-down adj | (furniture: convertible) | neerklapbaar bw |
| | He put a fold-down craft table in the children's room. |
| further down adv | (lower) | verderop bw |
| | According to what it says further down, you don't need to do anything yet. |
| | Many of the teams further down in the standings are losing money. |
| get bogged down in/by [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (stuck: in activity, etc.) (figuurlijk, informeel) | zich blind staren op onoverg. uitdr. |
| | (figuurlijk) | verzanden, vastlopen onoverg. ww |
| | I thought I would be able to leave early, but I got bogged down by paperwork. |
| get bogged down v expr | (stuck: in mud) (in modder) | vast komen te zitten frase |
| | Once again, the car got bogged down in the mud. |
| get bogged down in debt v expr | informal (owe money) | gebukt gaan onder schulden frase |
| | Neil found himself getting bogged down in debt. |