Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)To become mouldy or musty.
ту́хнутьtúxnutʹ, проту́хнутьprotúxnutʹ, пле́сневетьplésnevetʹ
Examples
2 sentencesThe grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.
Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from ProtoFrom Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”).
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Forms
hoars, hoaring, hoared, hoaredLessons 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.