Dutch-English translations for vreten

devour
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The fire was devouring the buildingShe intended to devour the bookAfter the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief
eat
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Otherwise our free internal market will become a deadly pond where the big fish will eat the little ones and then probably eat each other. Anders zal onze vrije interne markt een dodelijk meertje worden, waar de grote vissen de kleine zullen vreten en daarna waarschijnlijk elkaar zelf. At conferences I always explain it as follows: organised criminals simply cannot eat, drink and be merry to a sufficient degree to get rid of the money inconspicuously. Op bijeenkomsten zeg ik het altijd zo: de georganiseerde criminaliteit kan nooit zoveel vreten, zuipen en wat dies meer zij dat zij onopvallend van het geld kan afkomen. He’s eating an apple. / Don’t disturb me now; cant you see that I’m eating?

fret
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to fret the surface of waterA wristband frets on the edgesRancour frets in the malignant breast
grub
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to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
stuff
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He didnt want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his handsI had to do some stuffCan I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?