kettle
To contain demonstrators in a confined areaTo contain demonstrators in a confined area.
» I'll put the kettle on and we'll have a cup of tea.
Я поставлю чайник і ми вип'ємо по чашечці чаю. — deniko
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2 sensesTo contain demonstrators in a confined area.
(intransitive)Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.
Examples
90 sentencesI'll put the kettle on and we'll have a cup of tea.
Я поставлю чайник і ми вип'ємо по чашечці чаю. — deniko
The kettle is boiling.
Чайник кипить. — deniko
ruЧайник кипит. — marafon
deDer Wasserkocher kocht. — Augustus
Put the kettle on the fire.
I'll go put the kettle on.
ruПойду поставлю чайник. — marafon
Tom put a kettle on the stove.
ruТом поставил чайник на плиту. — odexed
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and iFrom Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).
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Forms
kettles, kettling, kettled, kettledLessons 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.