Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively, often)To come before and after, or at both sides of.

    einrahmen

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom uses bricks for bookends.

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  2. Bookends are very useful things.

    deBuchstützen sind sehr nützliche Dinge. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to come before and after, or at both sides of:

Origin

From book + end.

From book + end.

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Forms

bookends, bookending, bookended, bookended
Base formbookend · to bookend
3rd person singularbookends
Present participlebookending
Past simplebookended
Past participlebookended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybookend
he, she, itbookends

Past simpleLesson

all personsbookended

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bookend

Synonyms

1 synonyms
flank

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boogerbookB1bookcaseA2bookerbookingB1bookishB2bookkeeper
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