bulldozer
To bulldozeTo bulldoze (demolish with a bulldozer).
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Meaning
2 sensesTo bulldoze (push through forcefully).
They bulldozered through the crowd.
To bulldoze (demolish with a bulldozer).
Origin
Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bullier and terrorizer sense; bulldozeOriginally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bullier and terrorizer sense; bulldoze + -er. The name for the earthmoving machine came later, figuratively, from that sense.
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Forms
bulldozers, bulldozering, bulldozered, bulldozeredregular · Lesson
| Base form | bulldozer · to bulldozer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bulldozers |
| Present participle | bulldozering |
| Past simple | bulldozered |
| Past participle | bulldozered |
Tenses
bulldozer · bulldozered · will bulldozer · have bulldozeredPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Lessons 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.