finch
finch · finches · finched · finching
To hunt for finches, to go finchingTo hunt for finches, to go finching.
/fɪnt͡ʃ/
» That sounds like a blue finch.
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1 sensesTo hunt for finches, to go finching.
Examples
13 sentencesThat sounds like a blue finch.
Do you want to buy a finch?
Your finch has escaped.
Is that a finch?
That's a finch.
Origin
From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from PrFrom Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
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Forms
finches, finching, finched, finchedLessons 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