Meaning

1 senses

  1. To travel by dinghy.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. I took the dinghy from the ship.

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  2. Tom went out across the lake in his dinghy.

    deTom fuhr mit dem Schlauchboot auf den See hinaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom inflated the rubber dinghy on the beach using a pump.

    deTom pumpte am Strand das Schlauchboot mit der Luftpumpe auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.

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  5. Once, these precarious dinghies were a rare sight in the Canary Islands.

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Origin

From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).

From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).

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Forms

dinghies, dinghying, dinghied, dinghied
Base formdinghy · to dinghy
3rd person singulardinghies
Present participledinghying
Past simpledinghied
Past participledinghied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydinghy
he, she, itdinghies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdinghied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dinghy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dingdingbatdingedingodingydinnerA1
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