druk

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• IPA^(key): /dɹʌk/

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• Rhymes: -ʌk

druk (plural druks)

1. (chiefly attributive) A kind of spherical Czech glass bead used in crafting.
   • 1997, Martha Stewart, Christmas with Martha Stewart living: Decorating for the holidays:

     They come in such varied styles and colors, you can fashion anything, from beaded eggs tightly cocooned in strands of glittering rocailles to snowflakes that artfully blend tiny tri-cut beads with bugle beads and druks.

• Kurd

• IPA^(key): /drœk/

From Dutch drukken.

druk (present druk, present participle drukkende, past participle gedruk)

1. to press, print

From Dutch druk.

druk (attributive drukke, comparative drukker, superlative drukste)

1. busy, hectic

druk (plural drukke, diminutive drukkie)

1. pressure
2. printing, edition (of a book)

• IPA^(key): /drʏk/

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• Hyphenation: druk
• Rhymes: -ʏk

From Middle Dutch druc. Equivalent to a deverbal from drukken. Cognate with German Druck.

druk m (plural drukken, diminutive drukje n)

1. pressure

   Ik presteer het best onder druk.

   I perform the best under pressure.

2. (physics) pressure

   De druk in deze kamer is te laag. ― The pressure in this room is too low.

   Met toenemende diepte neemt de druk in de oceaan toe. ― With increasing depth, the pressure in the ocean increases.

   De druk van het gas in de cilinder is constant. ― The pressure of the gas in the cylinder is constant.

3. edition, printing (of a publication)

   De tweede druk van het boek bevatte enkele correcties. ― The second edition of the book contained some corrections.

   Ik heb de eerste druk van die roman. ― I have the first printing of that novel.

   Deze druk is uitverkocht, maar we verwachten snel een nieuwe. ― This edition is sold out, but we expect a new one soon.

• Afrikaans: druk
• Negerhollands: dryk

druk (comparative drukker, superlative drukst)

1. busy, crowded, hectic (of a place)
2. busy, preoccupied (of a person)
3. restless, uneasy
4. gaudy, messy, restless

• drukte

• drukken

• Afrikaans: druk
• → Caribbean Javanese: dreg, drig
• → Papiamentu: drùk

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

druk

1. inflection of drukken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Borrowed from German Druck.

• IPA^(key): /druk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: druk
• Homophone: dróg

druk m inan

1. (printing) printing (process of printing)

   Te książki właśnie wyszły z druku. ― Those books have just come from printing.

2. (printing) print (letters forming the text of a document)

   Ten tekst napisany jest zbyt małym drukiem. ― The print in this text is too small.

• druk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• druk in Polish dictionaries at PWN