English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gehawend" is om herhaaldelik met harde houe te slaan of om te beskadig of te beseer deur harde gebruik of behandeling. Dit kan ook verwys na kos wat bedek is met 'n mengsel van meel, eiers en melk en dan gebraai is tot goudbruin. Boonop kan "gehawend" 'n persoon beskryf wat uitgeput, uitgeput of emosioneel uitgeput lyk.

Sentence Examples

  1. Harry was battered with stress and tension in his shoulders.
  2. The houses and apartment buildings looked battered and dilapidated, with dead or overgrown lawns and trash littering the streets.
  3. Both eagles spread their wings and battered at the outside of his shield, shrieking and snaking their heads towards him, their beaks and talons hooking onto the bronze hazy barrier.
  4. He felt too sick and battered by the aborted translocation to resurrect his shield.
  5. Where he clutched at his shoulder, only a bloodied stump remained, and his torn and battered clothing revealed innumerable cuts and bruises that peppered his body.
  6. Crouching hurriedly behind a battered blue mailbox, the two dark-haired kids peeked out to see what was coming.
  7. Her trepidation remained, but it lessened as she looked into my battered eyes.
  8. Lance noticed a woman and a boy of about twelve meeting in front of a shabby, run-down single-story house with a dead front lawn and a battered shopping cart in the driveway.
  9. Behind him followed numerous junk-filled vehicles and hundreds of his knights in their medieval garb walking alongside or riding battered bikes or skateboards.
  10. The floor was a mess of battered bodies and limbs.