Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To place (fish) in a creel.

  2. (Appalachia, Southern US)To wrench or sprain.

Origin

Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, v

Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.

Unclear. The English Dialect Dictionary has cites of a British dialectal verb creel "crouch, bend the body" from 1897.

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Forms

creels, creeling, creeled, creeled

regular · Lesson

Base formcreel · to creel
3rd person singularcreels
Present participlecreeling
Past simplecreeled
Past participlecreeled

Tenses

creel · creeled · will creel · have creeled

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycreel
he, she, itcreels

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill creel

Past simpleLesson

all personscreeled

Word family

2 related words
RelatedskipB2skep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
credulouscreedcreekB2creepcreepercreepyB2

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