moat
To surround with a moatTo surround with a moat.
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1 sensesTo surround with a moat.
Examples
18 sentencesHow can we get across the moat?
There's a moat around the castle.
ruЗамок окружён рвом. — Selena777
deUm das Schloss herum verläuft ein Graben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri filled the moat with water.
Most castles have a moat surrounding them.
ruБольшинство замков обнесены рвом. — sharptoothed
deDie meisten Schlösser sind von einem Burggraben umgeben. — Fingerhut
Many castles are encircled by a moat.
ruМногие замки окружены водяными рвами. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to OldFrom Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”).
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Forms
moats, moating, moated, moatedLessons 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.