honey oor Afrikaans

honey

/'hʌni/, /ˈhʌni/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord

(uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

heuning

naamwoord

sweet substance produced by bees

He takes honey instead of sugar.
Hy neem heuning in plaas van suiker.

Heuning

sweet food made by bees using nectar from blossoms

He takes honey instead of sugar.
Hy neem heuning in plaas van suiker.

Honey

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Soortgelyke frases

European Honey Buzzard
Wespedief

Honey everlasting
Kooigoed

honey-bee
by

honey badger
ratel

voorbeelde

I remember his telling me about the honey badger and a clever little bird, the greater honey guide, which is believed to lead animals to beehives.”
Ek onthou dat hy my van die ratel en ’n slim voëltjie, die grootheuningwyser, vertel het wat diere glo na byeneste lei.”

Some people cannot consume any honey at all.
Sommige mense kan glad nie heuning eet nie.

Have you soothed your throat with a medicine extracted from the eucalyptus or savored a sweet made with eucalyptus honey?
Het jy al jou keel gestreel met ’n geneesmiddel wat bloekomekstrak in het of ’n lekker gesuig wat van bloekomheuning gemaak is?

Studies show that because of an enzyme added to the nectar by the bees, honey has mild antibacterial and antibiotic properties.
Studies toon dat heuning matige antibakteriese en antibiotiese eienskappe besit weens ’n ensiem wat die bye by die nektar voeg.

When they returned they all agreed that it was indeed “flowing with milk and honey.”
By hulle terugkeer het hulle almal saamgestem dat dit inderdaad „oorloop van melk en heuning”.

Apple dipped in honey is one of the foods they eat.
Appel gedoop in heuning is een van die kossoorte wat hulle eet.

Hunting for Wild Honey in the Mangroves
Op soek na wilde heuning in die wortelboomwoude

And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume: the sweetest honey
En in hul oorwinning wat, soos ́n vuur en poeier, wat, as hulle soen, verbruik: die soetste heuning

The ant colony draws upon these living “honey pots” during lean times.
Wanneer voedsel skaars is, verkry die mierkolonie heuning uit hierdie lewende “heuningpotte”.

Servetus defended himself by arguing that his description applied to the present time rather than to the age of Moses, when it doubtless flowed with milk and honey.
Servetus het homself verdedig deur te sê dat sy beskrywing op die hede van toepassing is en nie op Moses se tyd nie, toe dit ongetwyfeld oorgeloop het van melk en heuning.

This comparison, as well as the idea that honey and milk were under the maiden’s tongue, emphasizes the goodness and pleasantness of the words spoken by the Shulammite.
Hierdie vergelyking, sowel as die idee dat heuning en melk onder die meisie se tong was, beklemtoon die goedheid en aangenaamheid van die woorde wat deur die Sulammitiese meisie geuiter is.

Since ancient times, bee honey has been used for its healing properties.
Heuning word al van ouds af vir sy genesende eienskappe gebruik.

Fields of wild thyme blossoms will make for the best kind of honey—the king of honey, as apiarists call it.
Velde wildetiemiebloeisels sal die allerbeste heuning lewer—koningsheuning, soos byetelers dit noem.

Honey is sweeter than table sugar.
Heuning is soeter as suiker.

31:20, 21: “I shall bring them [the nation of Israel] to the ground that I have sworn about to their forefathers, which flows with milk and honey, and they will certainly eat and be satisfied and grow fat and turn to other gods, and they will indeed serve them and treat me with disrespect and break my covenant.
31:20, 21: “Ek sal hulle [die nasie Israel] inbring in die land wat Ek aan hulle vaders met ’n eed beloof het, wat oorloop van melk en heuning, en hulle sal eet en versadig en vet word; dan sal hulle afwyk na ander gode en dié dien, en hulle sal My verag en my verbond verbreek.

(Genesis 21:33; 26:25; 32:9; Exodus 6:3) When Jehovah later revealed his purpose to deliver their descendants, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt and give them “a land flowing with milk and honey,” this may have seemed impossible.
Toe Jehovah later sy voorneme geopenbaar het om hulle nakomelinge, die Israeliete, van slawerny in Egipte te bevry en vir hulle “’n land wat oorloop van melk en heuning” te gee, het dit miskien onmoontlik gelyk (Exodus 3:17).

Barzillai, Shobi, and Machir did all they could to satisfy those needs by supplying David and his men with beds, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, broad beans, lentils, honey, butter, sheep, and other provisions. —2 Samuel 17:27-29.
Barsillai, Sobi en Magir het hulle bes gedoen om in daardie behoeftes te voorsien deur vir Dawid en sy manne beddens, koring, gars, meel, geroosterde graan, boerbone, lensies, heuning, botter, skape en ander benodigdhede te gee.—2 Samuel 17:27-29.

In addition, anti-oxidants in the honey possess an anti-inflammatory action that helps “reduce swelling, improve circulation and keep the wound from ‘weeping.’”
Daarbenewens het anti-oksidante in die heuning ’n anti-inflammatoriese werking wat help “om swelling te verminder, bloedsomloop te verbeter en keer dat die wond ‘loop’”.

And he said to me: ‘Take it and eat it up, and it will make your belly bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.’
En hy het vir my gesê: ‘Neem dit en eet dit op, en dit sal jou maag bitter maak, maar in jou mond sal dit soet wees soos heuning.’

Generally, the darker the honey, the more antioxidants it contains.
Hoe donkerder die heuning, hoe meer teenoksideermiddels bevat dit gewoonlik.

Labels on honey jars tell what plants were foraged by the bees.
Etikette op heuningflesse sê van watter plante die bye die heuning gemaak het.

(Genesis 13:10; Exodus 3:8) Moses called it “a good land, a land of torrent valleys of water, springs and watery deeps issuing forth in the valley plain and in the mountainous region, a land of wheat and barley and vines and figs and pomegranates, a land of oil olives and honey, a land in which you will not eat bread with scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land the stones of which are iron and out of the mountains of which you will mine copper.”—Deuteronomy 8:7-9.
Moses het dit beskryf as “’n goeie land, ’n land van waterstrome, fonteine en onderaardse riviere wat in die laagtes en op die berge uitkom; ’n land van koring en gars en wingerdstokke en vyebome en granate; ’n land van olieryke olyfbome en heuning; ’n land waarin jy brood sonder skaarste sal eet, waarin niks jou sal ontbreek nie; ’n land waarvan die klippe yster is, en uit die berge waarvan jy koper sal uitkap”.—Deuteronomium 8:7-9.

Recognizing the plight of David and his men, these three loyal subjects brought much needed supplies, including beds, wheat, barley, roasted grain, broad beans, lentils, honey, butter, and sheep.
Toe hierdie drie lojale onderdane sien in watter verknorsing Dawid en sy manne is, het hulle hulle van broodnodige voorraad voorsien, onder andere beddens, koring, gars, geroosterde graan, boerbone, lensies, heuning, botter en skape.

For example, they survived because he provided the nation with manna, an eatable substance that tasted like cakes made with honey.
Die nasie het byvoorbeeld aan die lewe gebly omdat hy hulle van manna voorsien het, iets eetbaars wat gesmaak het soos koeke wat met heuning gemaak is.

All 12 spies agreed that the land was indeed “flowing with milk and honey,” just as Jehovah had promised.
Al 12 verkenners het saamgestem dat die land inderdaad “oorloop van melk en heuning”, net soos Jehovah beloof het.