Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To sand or polish with emery.

  2. (transitive)To coat with emery.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Before painting, Mary rubbed the surface with emery to remove imperfections.

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  2. Tom used a piece of emery to smooth the rough edge of the metal.

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  3. Tom carried a small strip of emery in his toolkit for quick touch-ups.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

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Forms

emeries, emerying, emeried, emeried
Base formemery · to emery
3rd person singularemeries
Present participleemerying
Past simpleemeried
Past participleemeried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyemery
he, she, itemeries

Past simpleLesson

all personsemeried

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill emery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
emeraldemergeB1emergenceB2emergencyA2emigrantemigrateemigrationeminentC2
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