Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.

  2. (informal)To staff with or as a girl or girls.

Examples

6056 sentences

  1. Mary is a very pretty girl.

    Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина. — sadxaka

    ruМэри — очень красивая девушка. — Hellerick

    deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Every boy and girl knows him.

    Кожен хлопець чи дівчина знає його. — quez

    ruКаждый мальчик и каждая девочка его знают. — odexed

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  3. The girl is afraid of dogs.

    Дівчинка боїться собак. — deniko

    ruДевочка боится собак. — timsa

    deDas Mädchen hat Angst vor Hunden. — Wolf

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  4. The girl did nothing but cry.

    Дівчина лише й робила, що плакала. — aandrusiak

    ruДевочка только и делала, что плакала. — odexed

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  5. The girl standing there is Mary.

    Дівчина, що стоїть там, — це Мері. — deniko

    deDas Mädchen, das dort steht, ist Mary. — Esperantostern

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Origin

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old E

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru.

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Forms

girls, girling, girled, girled
Base formgirl · to girl
3rd person singulargirls
Present participlegirling
Past simplegirled
Past participlegirled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygirl
he, she, itgirls

Past simpleLesson

all personsgirled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill girl

Word family

1 related words
RelatedmissA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • most beautiful girl
  • beautiful girl
  • pretty girl
  • a girl named
  • the only girl
  • girl named
  • girl over there
  • little girl
  • dating a girl
  • a pretty girl
  • all the girls
  • the girl who

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
girdgirdergirdlegirlfriendA1girlhoodgirlish

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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