bramble
To pick or collect blackberries from bramblesTo pick or collect blackberries from brambles.
» Tom fell into the brambles.
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1 sensesTo pick or collect blackberries from brambles.
Examples
14 sentencesTom fell into the brambles.
He hid behind a bramble bush.
Mary tore her skirt on the brambles.
Thorny as they are, brambles give blackberries.
Although the brambles are thorny but they produce blackberries.
Origin
From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dFrom Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).
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Forms
brambles, brambling, brambled, brambledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.