Meaning

1 senses

  1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The possessive case of a singular or plural noun not ending in ess is formed by adding an apostrophe and ess.

    Cangarejo · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He belongs to the ESS (English Speaking Society).

    blay_paul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The meaning of life for most people fits into three letters: ESS - eat, shit, sleep.

    ruСмысл жизни многих людей умещается в трёх буквах: ЖСС - жрать, срать, спать. — Buacity10

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Forms

esses, essing, essed, essed
Base formess · to ess
3rd person singularesses
Present participleessing
Past simpleessed
Past participleessed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyess
he, she, itesses

Past simpleLesson

all personsessed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ess

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
espionageespouseespressoespritessayA2essayistB2essenceB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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