cob
To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalentTo construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
» Tom loves corn on the cob.
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9 sensesTo construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
To have the heads mature into corncobs.
To remove the kernels from a corncob.
To thresh.
To break up ground with a hoe.
To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
(Northern UK, colloquial)To throw, chuck, lob.
To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
Of an animal: to nibble at their skin with their front teeth.
Examples
10 sentencesTom loves corn on the cob.
We ate corn on the cob for dinner yesterday.
The pigs ate the maize-cobs.
I love to eat corn on the cob.
Corn on the cob is a summer delight.
Origin
Of uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origiOf uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origin. The specifics of these origins have long been debated, as has the question of which senses arise from which origins. At least the swan sense originated in Middle English cobbe (“male swan; gang leader; bully”). Some other senses likely originated as a variant of cop (“head, top, peak, summit”). In other senses, the word may be related to cub, itself of obscure origin but possibly from Old Norse kobbi (“seal”). However, many alternative etymologies have been proposed to account for some or all senses of cob; various sources have related it, for example, to English cot (“cottage”), Welsh cob (“top, tuft”), or German Kübel (“large container”). All these etymologies are disputed, and the exact origins of cob cannot be known with any certainty.
Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognate of Icelandic kubba (“chop”).
Uncertain likely from resemblance to the action of eating corn off a cob.
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Forms
cobs, cobbing, cobbed, cobbedLessons 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