bunker
To load with coal or fuel oil for the engineTo load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
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7 senses(transitive)To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
bunkern
fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
(intransitive)To take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.
bunkern
(Nigeria, transitive)To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.
(transitive)To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive voice) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
hit a golf ball into a bunker
To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive voice) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
(UK, idiomatic, informal, transitive)To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
(transitive)To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.
(intransitive)Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.
Examples
64 sentencesTom ran back into the bunker.
Tom entered the bunker.
Tom ran back to the bunker.
He rushed back to the bunker.
Tom and Mary bought a bunker.
ruТом и Мэри купили бункер. — marafon
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The origin of the noun is uncertain; the earliest sense is sense 7.1 (“box or chest, the lThe origin of the noun is uncertain; the earliest sense is sense 7.1 (“box or chest, the lid of which serves as a seat”), from Scots bunker (“bench; pew; window-seat; sand pit (especially in golf); coal receptacle; sleeping berth, bunk”), from Early Scots bunker, bunkur, bonker (“a chest or box, often serving as a seat”), probably from Old Norse bunki (“a heap”) (probably whence bunk (“sleeping berth in a ship, train, etc.”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkô (“a heap, pile; a bump, lump, a crowd”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”) or *bʰeg- (“to billow, swell; to arch, bend, curve (?)”). Compare Middle Low German bunge (“drum, container”), Middle High German bunge (“drum”). Sense 1 (“hardened shelter designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks”) was derived from German Bunker during World War II, which was itself from bunker (“large bin or container for storing coal”) (sense 5).
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Forms
bunkers, bunkering, bunkered, bunkeredPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
3 related wordsLessons 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
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