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| beer |
| 1. n-m. (topics, Ursids) A bear, any member of the family Ursidae |
| De beer drinkt bier. - The bear drinks beer. |
| 2. n-m. (metaphor) A person who is physically impressive and/or crude |
| Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he? - What a bear of a guy there in front, huh? |
| 3. n-m. (topics, Male animals) boar (male swine) |
| De kinderboerderij heeft een aantal zeugen en maar één beer. - The petting zoo has a number of sows and only one boar. |
| 4. n-m. buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building |
| 5. n-m. A boar-shaped type of battering ram |
| 6. n-m. A male badger |
| 7. n-m. (now dialectal) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize) |
| Wie doet er nu beer in zijn bier? Ik haat beer! - Who in the world would put liquid manure in his beer? I hate manure! |
| 8. n-m. (student slang) debt |
| Door haar gokverslaving zat ze met een enorme beer opgescheept. - Due to her gambling addiction she was saddled with an enormous debt. |
| 9. n-m. (student slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt) |
| Henry zag niet zijn beren op de weg, maar wel bij hem op de stoep. - Henry didn't see his creditors on the road, but he did see them on his doorstep. |
