dub
To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the…To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
» I don't like watching dubbed movies.
Meaning
17 senses(transitive)To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
zum Ritter schlagen
посвяща́ть в ры́цариposvjaščátʹ v rýcari
(informal, transitive)To name, to entitle, to call.
nennen, bezeichnen, rufen
дать про́звище/кли́чкуdatʹ prózvišče/klíčku, окрести́тьokrestítʹ, нарека́тьnarekátʹ
(transitive)To deem.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
To dress with an adze.
to dub a stick of timber smooth
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
raise (someone) to knighthood
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
To dress a fishing fly.
To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
To do something badly.
To execute a shot poorly.
Examples
42 sentencesI don't like watching dubbed movies.
Tom doesn't like watching dubbed movies.
I don't like dubbed movies.
ruЯ не люблю дублированные фильмы.
The movie's dubbing was really bad.
deDie Synchronisierung des Films war sehr schlecht.
The film's dubbing wasn't very good.
ruДубляж фильма был не очень хороший.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword,From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both from Proto-West Germanic *dubbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dub- (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”).
From a shortening of the word double.
From dup (“to open”), from do + up, from Middle English don up (“to open”).
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Forms
dubs, dubbing, dubbed, dubbedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
54 synonymsWord family
12 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