javelin
To pierce with a javelinTo pierce with a javelin.
» The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.
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3 senses(transitive)To pierce with a javelin.
(transitive)To throw like a javelin.
(intransitive)To fall like a javelin.
Examples
9 sentencesThe javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.
How many javelins do you need?
ruСколько копий тебе нужно? — odexed
The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.
How far can you throw this javelin?
I wouldn't want to have a javelin thrown at me.
Origin
From Middle English chafeveleyn, gavelong, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javeloFrom Middle English chafeveleyn, gavelong, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of *javel, from Vulgar Latin *gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.
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Forms
javelins, javelining, javelined, javelined| Base form | javelin · to javelin |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | javelins |
| Present participle | javelining |
| Past simple | javelined / javelinned |
| Past participle | javelined / javelinned |
regular · Lesson
Word 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.