Meaning

2 senses

  1. Chiefly followed by with.

    To cover (someone or something) with small marks or spots; to dapple, to freckle, to speckle.

  2. (figuratively)To scatter objects over (something).

Origin

The noun is a clipping of freckle (noun). Freckle is derived from frecken (“(obsolete exce

The noun is a clipping of freckle (noun). Freckle is derived from frecken (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) freckle”)), from Late Middle English fracle, frekel, frekle (“freckle; pimple; fleck of colour in a stone”), a variant of frakne, freken (“freckle; other skin blemish”) from Old Norse freknur pl, an s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g-, *(s)pregʰ- (“to sprinkle, strew”).

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Forms

frecks, frecking, frecked, frecked
Base formfreck · to freck
3rd person singularfrecks
Present participlefrecking
Past simplefrecked
Past participlefrecked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfreck
he, she, itfrecks

Past simpleLesson

all personsfrecked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill freck

Synonyms

5 synonyms
spotB2fleckmaculatemottlevariegate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
freakingfreakishfreakyfrecklefreeA1
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