Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)To smoke cannabis.

Examples

170 sentences
  1. He is the chief of my department.

    Він - голова нашого департаменту. — shanghainese

    deEr ist der Leiter meiner Abteilung. — jakov

  2. I'm the chief engineer.

    Я головний інженер. — deniko

    ruЯ главный инженер. — odexed

  3. Tom is the chief.

    Керівник — це Том. — deniko

    deTom ist der Chef. — Zaghawa

  4. Tom became editor-in-chief.

    Том став головним редактором. — deniko

    ruТом стал главным редактором. — sharptoothed

  5. The section chief accepted the proposal.

    ruЗаведующий отделом принял предложение. — elsteris

    deDer Abteilungsleiter nahm den Vorschlag an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capu

Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput, from *kap-, possibly from *kap-, possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

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Forms

chiefs, chiefing, chiefed, chiefed
Base formchief · to chief
3rd person singularchiefs
Present participlechiefing
Past simplechiefed
Past participlechiefed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychief
he, she, itchiefs

Past simpleLesson

all personschiefed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chief

Word family

1 related words
RelatedchefA2

See also

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