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vleien.

to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/
  1. to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously)

    ambitransitive
  2. to convince, talk into, talk over

    transitive
  3. to entice, lure, seduce

    transitive
  4. to fondle, pet, stroke

    reflexive · transitive
  5. to flatter (present disingenuously)

    reflexive · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vleien, from Old Dutch *fleien, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan.

verb/ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/
  1. to fling, throw a pebble etc. over water so as to make it bounce

    transitive
verb/ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/
  1. to form a membrane

    intransitive
  2. to be covered by one

    intransitive
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