English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "bek" is die harde, gepunte monddeel van 'n voël, wat tipies gebruik word om kos te eet en bymekaar te maak. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n soortgelyke struktuur op die kop van ander diere, soos skilpaaie, of na 'n persoon se neus, veral as dit prominent is en soos 'n voël se bek vasgehaak is. Boonop kan "bek" in figuurlike sin gebruik word om iemand se manier van praat te beskryf, veral as dit skerp of krities is.

Sentence Examples

  1. It opened its beak and screamed, and frantic scrambling sounds told me Skyla was trapped on its other side.
  2. Slowly it made its way along the bank to where he was sitting then, to his amazement, came to stand on the rock next to him, now and again jabbing its beak into the water and occasionally coming up with small fish.
  3. After a minute, the female jabbed her head forward and used the rounded part of her hooked beak to push Tarkyn in the chest.
  4. Minutes later, the male eagle landed on the nest and, ignoring Tarkyn, used beak and talons to rip apart a large crow and feed it, piece by piece to the squawking chick.
  5. Then the owl scratched under his wing with his beak, and ruffled his feathers.
  6. He sat very still and watched it prodding its beak in amongst the reeds.
  7. The eagle gave it an impatient nudge back with her beak but the chick was not to be denied.
  8. The bird was so finely wrought that every detail of its feathers and tiny beak was uncannily lifelike.
  9. A minute later, it stalked into view carrying the hapless fish firmly in its beak and settled down on the rock next to the sorcerer to eat it.
  10. Within seconds the beak had melted and the beast wailed in agony.