goat
To allow goats to feed onTo allow goats to feed on.
Recorded: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» This cheese is made from goat's milk.
Dieser Käse wird aus Ziegenmilch gemacht. — al_ex_an_der
Этот сыр сделан из козьего молока. — Tretiz
Цей сир зроблено з козиного молока. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive)To allow goats to feed on.
(transitive)To scapegoat.
(transitive)To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
Examples
748 sentencesThis cheese is made from goat's milk.
Цей сир зроблено з козиного молока. — deniko
ruЭтот сыр сделан из козьего молока. — Tretiz
deDieser Käse wird aus Ziegenmilch gemacht. — al_ex_an_der
I fed the goats.
Я погодував кіз. — deniko
ruЯ накормил коз. — marafon
Where are the goats?
Де кози? — deniko
ruГде козы? — marafon
How many goats do they have?
ruСколько у них коз? — marafon
It's time to milk the goats.
ruПора доить коз. — marafon
deEs ist Zeit, die Ziegen zu melken. — Waldelfe
Origin
Inherited from Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West GermanInherited from Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
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Forms
goats, goating, goated, goatedLessons 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
Collocations
3 patterns- milk a goat
- goat cheese
- milks the goat
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.