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tornen.

to unpick; to loosen a stitch

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to unpick; to loosen a stitch

    transitive
    Het is moeilijk om deze naad te tornen zonder de stof te beschadigen.

  2. to impinge on something.

    figuratively · intransitive
    Het is onverstandig om te tornen aan de vrijheid van meningsuiting.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ternen, from earlier trennen by liquid metathesis (compare Kerstmis (“Christmas”) and vorst (“frost”)), from Old Dutch *trennen, from Proto-West Germanic *trannijan, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną.

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