| Engels > Nederlands |
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| chalk |
| 1. krijt, krijtgesteente |
| Engels > Engels |
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| chalk |
| 1. n. A soft, white, powdery limestone. |
| 2. n. A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. |
| 3. n. Tailor's chalk. |
| 4. n. (climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk. |
| 5. n. (US, military) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers. |
| 6. n. (US, sports) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win. |
| 7. v. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue. |
| 8. v. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk. |
| 9. v. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field. |
| 10. v. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. |
| 11. v. To manure (land) with chalk. |
| 12. v. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| krijt |
| 1. n-n. chalk |
| 2. n-n. a piece of chalk (in the diminutive form) |
| 3. n-n. (dated, dialectal) battlefield, arena |
| 4. n-n. (dated, dialectal) region, area |
| 5. n-n. (dated, dialectal) enclosure, enclosed area |
| 6. v. imperative of krijten |
