ingaan

Definitions of ingaan
  1. verb
    to come or go into
    synonyms: binnengaan, binnenkomen, buigen, duiken, inkomen, instappen, opstappen, verdiepen
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    antonyms:
    uitgaan, uitvoegen
    move out of or depart from
    afnokken, aftaaien, begeven, gaan, heengaan, moven, nokken, opbreken, opdonderen, opduvelen, opflikkeren, ophoepelen, opkramen, opkrassen, oplazeren, opmieteren, oprotten, oprukken, opsodemieteren, opstappen, optrekken, vertrekken, verwijderen, weggaan, wegwezen
    go away from a place
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    doordringen, penetreren
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
    aanlopen
    enter a harbor
    binnenstormen, binnenstuiven, invallen, invliegen
    enter uninvited
    kortstaarten
    come into dock
    afgeven, encanailleren, indringen, inlaten
    enter briefly
    binnenglippen, binnenloodsen, binnensluipen, inkruipen
    enter surreptitiously
    doordringen, doortrekken, penetreren
    spread or diffuse through
    doorboren, doorsteken, geperforeerd, opensteken, perforeren
    make a hole into
    opensteken
    penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
    boren
    cut or make a way through
    banen
    force a way through
    doordringen, doortrekken, filteren, penetreren
    pass through
    badderen, baden, onderdompelen
    thrust or throw into
    bestormen, forceren, kraken, openbreken, stormlopen
    take by force
    embarkeren, inschepen
    go on board
    binnenstormen, binnenstuiven, invallen, invliegen
    enter uninvited; informal
    bespringen
    enter someone else's territory and take spoils
  2. verb
    go into effect or become effective or operative
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    gaan, geraken, komen, raken, treden, vallen, worden
    enter or assume a certain state or condition
  3. verb
    fight verbally
    synonyms: aanvallen, bestrijden, betwisten
  4. verb
    resist
    synonyms: aanvallen, bestrijden, betwisten, tegenlopen, tegenzitten
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    afwijken, kanten, keren, opkomen, opponeren, roeren, vechten, verweren, verzetten, weren
    act against or in opposition to
  5. verb
    to put down by force or authority
    synonyms: aanvallen, bedwingen, bestrijden, beteugelen, betwisten, neertrappen, onderdrukken, supprimeren, verdringen, vergeten
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    dempen
    smother or suppress
    afhameren, stilhouden, verstillen
    cause to be quiet or not talk
    afhameren
    get rid of, silence, or suppress
    dempen
    conceal or hide
    muilkorven
    prevent from speaking out
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    checken, controleren, nagaan, nakijken, nalopen, natrekken, nazien
    lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
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