English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word shift one’s ground
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (bottom; foundation; bed) | ; ; | |
| (soil; earth) | ; ; | |
🔗 The nest of this species is on the ground. | ||
| (earth) | terkonekti | |
| (earth; land) | ; | |
🔗 He leads an army so massive it shakes the ground with its march, so vast it drinks the rivers dry. | ||
| (reason; account; motive) | ; | |
| (motive; motif; motivation; theme; angle) | ||
| (base; basis; footing; platform; stem) | ; | |
| (run aground; run ashore; strand; grind to a halt) | aan de grond lopen ; | |
🔗 The lucky half fled back downwind to Bulmer Skeme and grounded on the beach. | ||
| (grounds; terrain; lot) | ||
🔗 Experts say armed groups have gained more ground in Mali and Burkina Faso despite the coups there and predict a similar trajectory for Niger if the régime remains in place. | ||
verschuiving | ||
| (relegation) | verschuiving | |
| (move; stir; adjourn) | ; | |
🔗 In the last few years, and especially over the past 18 months, Georgia’s ruling coalition has made a series of moves that seem designed to distance the country from the West and shift it gradually into Russia’s sphere of influence | ||
| (move; stir; adjourn) | ; ; ; ; | |
| (movement; move; motion; stroke) | ; ; | |
| (change; alter; convert) | ||
| (detachment; force; squad; unit; team) | ; | |
🔗 He shifted his cloak, thankful that the fires were cold, else it would have been to hot for the black wool draping him to the floor. | ||
| (sheath petticoat; chemise) | step‐in | |
🔗 Sweat drenched Talene, matting her golden hair, soaking her linen shift till it clung to her. | ||
| (change; alter; convert; turn) | ||
🔗 Having failed to capture major Ukrainian cities, Russia has shifted tactics, escalating its bombardment of them. | ||
| (about‐face; alteration; conversion; transformation; change) | ; | |
🔗 The shift in tone is unsurprising given Russia’s string of humiliating defeats on the battlefield, which has exposed Putin’s weakness to his friends and enemies alike. | ||
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| shift one’s ground | ⇆ het over een andere boeg gooien; ⇆ van standpunt veranderen |
| ground | ⇆ aan de grond lopen; ⇆ aan de grond raken; ⇆ aarde; ⇆ aarden; ⇆ achtergrond; ⇆ baseren; ⇆ beweeggrond; ⇆ beweegreden; ⇆ bodem; ⇆ de beginselen onderwijzen; ⇆ grond; ⇆ gronden; ⇆ grondkleur; ⇆ grondverven; ⇆ grondvesten; ⇆ onderbouwen; ⇆ ondergrond; ⇆ op de grond houden; ⇆ op strand zetten; ⇆ reden; ⇆ stranden; ⇆ terrein |
| shift | ⇆ afwisseling; ⇆ draaien; ⇆ hemd; ⇆ kwijtraken; ⇆ omleggen; ⇆ omlopen; ⇆ ploeg; ⇆ ploegendienst; ⇆ schuiven; ⇆ uitvlucht; ⇆ van plaats wisselen; ⇆ veranderen; ⇆ verandering; ⇆ verhalen; ⇆ verhuizing; ⇆ verkassen; ⇆ verleggen; ⇆ verliggen; ⇆ verruilen; ⇆ verschikken; ⇆ verschuiven; ⇆ verschuiving; ⇆ verspríngen; ⇆ verwijderen; ⇆ verwisselen; ⇆ verzetten; ⇆ vrouwenhemd; ⇆ werken; ⇆ werktijd; ⇆ wisselen; ⇆ zich verplaatsen; ⇆ zich verschonen; ⇆ ómzetten |