English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "myt" is 'n selfstandige naamwoord wat na twee verskillende dinge kan verwys:'n Baie klein arachnid wat aan dieselfde groep as spinnekoppe en bosluise behoort . Myte is tipies minder as 1 mm groot en word dikwels in grond, water of op plante en diere aangetref. Sommige spesies myte kan allergieƫ veroorsaak of siektes oordra.'n Klein hoeveelheid of deeltjie van iets. Byvoorbeeld, "'n stofmyt" beteken 'n baie klein stukkie stof, en "'n myt van waarheid" beteken 'n klein klompie waarheid. Hierdie gebruik word tipies gebruik om iets kleins te beskryf, maar nie noodwendig so klein soos 'n letterlike myt (die spinagtige spin)

Sentence Examples

  1. When I realised this, I hurriedly slipped off my clothes, and, wading in at a point lower down, I caught the poor mite and drew her safe to land.
  2. Even this poor little mite, when he woke up to-day, asked the nurse if he might go away.
  3. Then a strange cast of fairies convened around his crib to try and break the spell of evil that had been cast on the poor mite at his birth.
  4. They were gulping at their canteens, fierce to wring every mite of water from them, and they polished at their swollen and watery features with coat sleeves and bunches of grass.
  5. His failure to discover any mite of resemblance in their viewpoints made him more miserable than before.