ledge
To cause to have, or to develop, a ledgeTo cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).
» Tom stepped away from the ledge.
Том отошёл от края.
Meaning
1 senses(uncommon)To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).
Examples
22 sentencesTom stepped away from the ledge.
ruТом отошёл от края. — corvard
Tom carefully stepped back from the ledge.
Tom moved away from the ledge.
Two cats balanced on a ledge.
The woodlouse crawled across the window ledge.
Origin
From Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggju (“layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjō (“layer, stratum”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with West Frisian lêch (“a layer of sheaves on a threshing floor”), Dutch leg (“layer”), German Low German Legg (“wrinkle, fold, flat layer, stratum”), Middle High German legge, lecke (“position, layer, stratum, tier; pleat, hem”). Related to Middle English leggen (“to lay, apply”), from Old English leċġan (“to lay”); and Old English *ġeleċġ (“positioning, arrangement, layout”) as in Old English limġeleċġ (“the disposition of the limbs, form, shape”). More at lay.
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Forms
ledges, ledging, ledged, ledgedLessons 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