teren.
to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
Meaning & usage
to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
to live, survive by consumption
to rot, to decompose, to waste away
to be digested
to tear to pieces, destroy
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch tēren (“to destroy, to use (up)”), from Old Dutch *teren, from Proto-West Germanic *tarjan, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”). Cognate with German zehren. Also related with English tear (“to rip”).
to tar
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch teren, terren. Equivalent to teer + -en.
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