English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "doring" het veelvuldige woordeboekbetekenisse, afhangende van die konteks. Hier is 'n paar van die mees algemene definisies:'n Skerp projeksie of punt, tipies aan die punt van 'n draad of vishoek.'n Snydende opmerking of kritiek, wat bedoel is om iemand seer te maak of aanstoot te gee.'n Perd met 'n kort, stywe maanhare en stert, tipies geteel in Noord-Afrika en die Midde-Ooste.'n melodie of 'n kort musiekstuk. >Neem kennis dat "haarhaar" ook as 'n werkwoord gebruik kan word, wat beteken om iets van 'n weerhaak te voorsien of om iemand met 'n doringhaar opmerking te kritiseer of seer te maak.

Sentence Examples

  1. Their train of clouds stretching far behind and rising higher and higher, going to heaven while the cars are going to Boston, conceals the sun for a minute and casts my distant field into the shade, a celestial train beside which the petty train of cars which hugs the earth is but the barb of the spear.
  2. The tail came down again, with Ada clinging to the underside, inches away from the poisonous barb.
  3. A barb nailed him, pinned his trousers to his ankle.
  4. The comment had been half barb and half justification for her risky actions, but she suddenly realized the truth of it.
  5. If her barb was meant to hurt Regan, it missed its mark.