Meaning

1 senses

  1. To connect (ships) with a grapnel.

Origin

From Middle English grapnel, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French grapil, grapin. Compare mo

From Middle English grapnel, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French grapil, grapin. Compare modern French grappin.

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Forms

grapnels, grapneling, grapneled, grapneled
Base formgrapnel · to grapnel
3rd person singulargrapnels
Present participlegrapneling
Past simplegrapneled / grapnelled
Past participlegrapneled / grapnelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrapnel
he, she, itgrapnels

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrapneled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grapnel

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
graphicB1graphicalgraphitegrapplegraspB2
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