loam
loam · loams · loamed · loaming
einlehmen
To cover, smear, or fill with loamTo cover, smear, or fill with loam.
UK/ləʊm/US/loʊm/
» The substrate is a type of sandy loam.
DuosDragonPolyglot · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo cover, smear, or fill with loam.
einlehmen
Examples
3 sentencesThe substrate is a type of sandy loam.
We need to find some good loam if we want to grow enough food to live on.
The soil should be full of loam, a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic material.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to cover or fill with loam:
Origin
From Middle English lom, lome, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from ProtoFrom Middle English lom, lome, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.
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Forms
loams, loaming, loamed, loamedLessons 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