spoor

Definitions of spoor
  1. noun
    a visible indication made on a surface
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    vinger, vingerafdruk
    a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
    opdruk
    a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
    hoefspoor
    a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
    haal, lijn, linie, richtlijn, rooilijn, schrab, streep
    a mark that is long relative to its width
    lijn, linie
    in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
    krul, omhaal
    a short twisting line
    absorptiestreep, spectraallijn, spectrumlijn
    an isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency
    onderstreping
    a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
    haargrens, haarlijn, ophaal
    a very thin line
    hulplijn
    a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
    ankerkader
    line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
    doellijn
    a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
    zijlijn, zitting
    a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
    start, vertrekpunt
    a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
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    aanduiding, aanwijzing, indicatie, indicie, symptoom, vingerwijzing
    something that serves to indicate or suggest
  2. noun
    an indication that something has been present
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    aanduiding, aanwijzing, indicatie, indicie, symptoom, vingerwijzing
    something that serves to indicate or suggest
  3. noun
    a just detectable amount
    synonyms: zweem
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    vonk, vonkje
    a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
  4. noun
    a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
    synonyms: rail, ral, spoorbaan, spoorlijn, spoorrail, spoorstaaf, spoorweg
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    boom, bovenlat, doellat, dwarsligger, stang
    a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
  5. noun
    a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
    synonyms: krib, kribbe, rijspoor
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    prik, prikstok
    a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
  6. noun
    a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
    synonyms: spore
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    pollen, stuifmeel
    the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
    microspore
    smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
    macrospore
    larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
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