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verb · intransitive · rare

mistle

mistle · mistles · mistled · mistling

To fall like a fine rainTo fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.

/ˈmɪsəl/

Meaning

1 senses

To fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.

Origin

Presumably from mist + -le (frequentative suffix).

Presumably from mist + -le (frequentative suffix).

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Forms

mistles, mistling, mistled, mistled

Base form	mistle · to mistle
3rd person singular	mistles
Present participle	mistling
Past simple	mistled
Past participle	mistled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	mistle
he, she, it	mistles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

mistled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have mistled
he, she, it	has mistled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will mistle

Word family

1 related words

RelatedmistB2

Lessons 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 dictionary

mistakeA2 mistakenly mister mistletoe mistranslation mistreatB2 mistreatment

Dictionary 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.

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