french
To prepare food by cutting it into stripsTo prepare food by cutting it into strips.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
(transitive)To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
(intransitive)To kiss in this manner.
To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
- cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, FrFrom Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.
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Forms
frenches, frenching, frenched, frenchedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.