flour
To apply flour to somethingTo apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
» Put the flour on the shelf.
Stell das Mehl ins Regal.
Положи муку на полку.
Поставь муку на полку.
Поклади борошно на полку.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
Flour the surface before rolling out the dough.
bemehlen
cover with flour
(transitive)To reduce to flour.
convert grain into flour
(intransitive)To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.
Examples
178 sentencesPut the flour on the shelf.
Поклади борошно на полку.
ruПоложи муку на полку.
deStell das Mehl ins Regal.
I need to buy some flour.
Мені потрібно купити борошна.
Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Хліб виготовляють із борошна, води й дріжджів.
ruХлеб делают из муки, воды и дрожжей.
deBrot wird aus Mehl, Wasser und Hefe hergestellt.
He bought a lot of flour and oil.
Він купив багато борошна та олії.
ruОн накупил муки и масла.
deEr kaufte viel Mehl und Öl.
Do we have enough flour?
У нас достатньо борошна?
ruУ нас достаточно муки?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Spelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portSpelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (compare French fleur de farine, fine fleur). Doublet of fleur, flor, and flower. Partially displaced native meal.
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Forms
flours, flouring, floured, flouredWord family
2 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