Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To house or keep in a castle.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To protect or separate in a similar way.

  3. (intransitive, usually)To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.

    rochieren

    рокирова́тьсяrokirovátʹsja

  4. (intransitive, usually)To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

  5. To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.

  6. (obsolete)To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.

More definitions
  • move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

Examples

528 sentences

  1. People ran out of the castle.

    Люди вибігли з замку. — deniko

    deMenschen rannten aus dem Schloss. — Naina

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  2. What's your favorite castle in Japan?

    Який ваш улюблений замок у Японії? — deniko

    ruКакой твой любимый замок в Японии? — odexed

    deWelches japanische Schloss gefällt dir am besten? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We saw a castle in the distance.

    Ми побачили вдалині замок. — deniko

    ruМы увидели вдали замок. — Hellerick

    deIn der Ferne sahen wir ein Schloss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The old castle stands on the hill.

    Старовинний замок стоїть на пагорбі. — deniko

    ruСтарый замок стоит на холме. — odexed

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  5. There was a castle here many years ago.

    Багато років тому тут був замок. — Ostrovska

    ruЗдесь был замок много лет тому назад. — Balamax

    deVor vielen Jahren gab es hier eine Burg. — Hans_Adler

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
chess:

Origin

From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, villag

From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château.

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Forms

castles, castling, castled, castled
Base formcastle · to castle
3rd person singularcastles
Present participlecastling
Past simplecastled
Past participlecastled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycastle
he, she, itcastles

Past simpleLesson

all personscastled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill castle

Synonyms

3 synonyms
to house in a castle:castellateincastellate
to make into a castle:fortify

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcastling
Derivedcastle shortcastle long

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • sand castle
  • an old castle
  • visit the castle
  • old castle
  • the castle is
  • be a castle
  • to the castle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
castedcastigatecastingcastratecasualB1

Dictionary 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.

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