Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To affix with cement.

    zementieren

    цементи́роватьcementírovatʹ

    make fast as if with cement

  2. (transitive)To overlay or coat with cement.

    to cement a cellar floor

    cover or coat with cement

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To unite firmly or closely.

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To repair.

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To make permanent.

    zementieren

Examples

61 sentences
  1. The cement was still wet.

    Цемент ще не застиг. — deniko

    ruЦемент ещё не застыл. — marafon

    deDer Zement war noch feucht. — Yorwba

  2. I need to buy a bag of cement.

    ruМне нужно купить мешок цемента. — marafon

    deIch muss einen Sack Zement kaufen. — Vortarulo

  3. Tom left his footprints in the wet cement.

  4. How many bags of cement should we buy?

  5. Tom and Mary made handprints in the wet cement.

    deTom und Maria verewigten ihre Handabdrücke in dem feuchten Zement. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
to affix with cement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to affix with cement:

Origin

From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry

From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.

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Forms

cements, cementing, cemented, cemented
Base formcement · to cement
3rd person singularcements
Present participlecementing
Past simplecemented
Past participlecemented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycement
he, she, itcements

Past simpleLesson

all personscemented

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cement

See also

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