Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Appalachia, colloquial)To gather wild cranberries.

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Tom wants to eat some cranberries.

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  2. I don't like cranberries.

    ruЯ не люблю клюкву. — marafon

    deIch mag keine Preiselbeeren. — wolfgangth

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  3. I like cranberries.

    ruЯ люблю клюкву. — marafon

    deIch mag Preiselbeeren. — mramosch

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  4. Tom likes cranberries.

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  5. There are lots of cranberries there.

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Origin

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (w

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry.

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Forms

cranberries, cranberrying, cranberried, cranberried
Base formcranberry · to cranberry
3rd person singularcranberries
Present participlecranberrying
Past simplecranberried
Past participlecranberried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycranberry
he, she, itcranberries

Past simpleLesson

all personscranberried

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cranberry

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbearberryfenberrymoorberry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cramcrampcranecrank
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