Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To place in a cabin or other small space.

    confine to a small space, such as a cabin

  2. (broadly)To limit the scope of.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

Origin

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.

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Forms

cabins, cabining, cabined, cabined

regular · Lesson

Base formcabin · to cabin
3rd person singularcabins
Present participlecabining
Past simplecabined
Past participlecabined

Tenses

cabin · cabined · will cabin · have cabined

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycabin
he, she, itcabins

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cabin

Past simpleLesson

all personscabined

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcabana

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cabalcabaretcabbageB1cabinetB2cableB2caboodle

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