concertina
To become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertinaTo become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.
» Tom can play the concertina.
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2 sensesTo become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.
The car concertinaed into the wall.
To be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds.
- collapse like a concertina
Examples
4 sentencesTom can play the concertina.
I play concertina.
Tom plays concertina.
I play the concertina.
ruЯ играю на концертине. — marafon
Origin
From concert + -ina.From concert + -ina.
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Forms
concertinas, concertinaing, concertinaed, concertinaed| Base form | concertina · to concertina |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | concertinas |
| Present participle | concertinaing |
| Past simple | concertinaed |
| Past participle | concertinaed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.