Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

    marmorieren

  2. (intransitive)To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.

  3. (transitive)To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

  4. (intransitive)To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

  5. (broadly, figuratively)To lace or be laced throughout.

More definitions
  • paint or stain like marble

Examples

89 sentences
  1. The children are playing marbles.

    Діти грають у кульки.

    ruДети играют в шарики.

    deDie Kinder spielen mit Murmeln.

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  2. Marble floors are beautiful.

    Мармурові підлоги гарні.

    ruМраморные полы красивы.

    deMarmorfußböden sind schön.

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  3. He must have lost his marbles.

    ruОн, должно быть, рехнулся.

    deEr muss den Verstand verloren haben.

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  4. Tom plays marbles with his friends.

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  5. Tom's house has a beautiful marble staircase.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English marble, marbre; from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, fro

Inherited from Middle English marble, marbre; from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμάρεος (marmáreos, “gleaming”). The forms from French displaced Old English marma, which had previously been borrowed from Latin.

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Forms

marbles, marbling, marbled, marbled
Base formmarble · to marble
3rd person singularmarbles
Present participlemarbling
Past simplemarbled
Past participlemarbled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymarble
he, she, itmarbles

Past simpleLesson

all personsmarbled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave marbled
he, she, ithas marbled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill marble

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmarmoreal
Derivedmarbling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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