Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To put into a crate.

    put into a crate; as for protection

  2. (transitive)To keep in a crate.

Examples

50 sentences

  1. How many crates are there?

    Скільки там ящиків? — deniko

    ruСколько там ящиков? — odexed

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  2. Tom helped Mary open the crate.

    ruТом помог Мэри открыть ящик. — marafon

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  3. I wonder what's in that crate.

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  4. Tom can't lift that crate by himself.

    deTom kann die Kiste da nicht alleine heben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I can't lift this crate by myself.

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Origin

From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”

From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”).

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Forms

crates, crating, crated, crated
Base formcrate · to crate
3rd person singularcrates
Present participlecrating
Past simplecrated
Past participlecrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrate
he, she, itcrates

Past simpleLesson

all personscrated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
uncrate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crashB1crasscraterB2craveC1
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