verziehen
Pronunciation: /fɛʁˈt͡siːən/
“verziehen” is a German word. Its 8 meanings in English:
verb
- to warp, distort
- to become warped, distorted
- to thin out, disappear
- to clear off, scram, get lost
- to spoil (ruin the character of by overindulgence, coddle or pamper to excess)
- to hesitate (to do something)
- to thin (seedlings, plants etc. so the remaining ones have space to grow)
- to move, to move away (to change residence)
Etymology
From Middle High German verziehen, from Old High German farziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *frateuhan. By surface analysis, ver- + ziehen.
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