Meaning

1 senses
  1. To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Examples

60 sentences
  1. I put on an apron.

    Я одягнув фартух. — deniko

    ruЯ надела фартук. — Balamax

  2. Mary dried her hands on her apron.

    ruМэри вытерла руки о фартук. — Wezel

  3. Do you wear an apron when you're cooking?

    deTrägst du beim Kochen eine Schürze? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom was standing in front of the grill wearing a cook's apron.

    deTom stand mit einer Küchenschürze vor dem Grill. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. My mother has a red apron.

    ruУ моей матери есть красный фартук. — AntonKhorev

    deMeine Mutter hat eine rote Schürze. — Yorwba

Origin

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron,

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

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Forms

aprons, aproning, aproned, aproned
Base formapron · to apron
3rd person singularaprons
Present participleaproning
Past simpleaproned
Past participleaproned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyapron
he, she, itaprons

Past simpleLesson

all personsaproned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aproned
he, she, ithas aproned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill apron

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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