English to afrikaans meaning of

beacon

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "baken" is:selfstandige naamwoord:'n Vuur of lig wat in 'n hoë of prominente posisie as 'n waarskuwing, sein of rigtingwyser, veral op see. Voorbeeldsin: Die vuurtoring het as 'n baken vir skepe in die donker opgetree.'n Persoon of ding wat as 'n bron van inspirasie of leiding dien. Voorbeeldsin: Martin Luther King Jr. was 'n baken van burgerregte-aktivisme.'n Radiosender wat 'n sein uitstuur om 'n toestel te lei of op te spoor, soos 'n navigasiebaken wat gebruik word in lugvaart of maritieme kontekste. Voorbeeldsin: Die vlieënier het die baken se sein gevolg om die landingstrook op te spoor.werkwoord:Om te skyn of lig uit te straal. soos 'n baken. Voorbeeldsin: Die vuurtoring bakens snags om skepe te lei.Om as 'n leidende of inspirerende krag op te tree. Voorbeeldsin: Haar passie vir sosiale geregtigheid laat ander tot aksie oorgaan.

Sentence Examples

  1. Within three miles of her mind, she radiated in the Netherworld like a shining beacon glowing with a radiating light that could illuminate the blackest of nights.
  2. O shining light, O beacon, polestar, path and guide of all Who, scorning slumber and the lazy down, Adopt the toilsome life of bloodstained arms!
  3. Awed by the contrast, the key keeper followed the folds of silver and blue up the slender body of his queen who stood like a beacon amid the desolation.
  4. Now, she knew, his yellow hair would shine like a beacon, even in the dimness of the room.
  5. Her face was flush with heat, and she was certain it was as red as a beacon.
  6. It was like a distant beacon of light on an otherwise black shore.
  7. Yet, we could not journey to the walled town that was a bastion of Rogarian sympathy with the child so sick and her mind acting as a pulsating beacon of light.
  8. The ancient metal tower at its center shone like a beacon.
  9. And his travelling cloak, beautifully tailored from fine russet-dyed wool and embroidered with silver thread, although workaday by his standards, stood out like a beacon of excellence among the clothes of tradesmen.
  10. My eyes drifted over to them as if they had some kind of homing beacon.
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