muffin
muffin · muffins · muffined · muffining
To eat muffinsTo eat muffins.
/ˈmʌf.ɪn/
» I baked some muffins.
Я напік кексів. — deniko
Я напекла кексів. — deniko
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4 senses(intransitive)To eat muffins.
(transitive)To feed muffins to.
(intransitive)To become like a muffin; to increase in size.
(transitive)To make like a muffin.
Examples
66 sentencesOrigin
From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plurFrom earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”). Sense “vulva” influenced by muff.
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Forms
muffins, muffining, muffined, muffinedLessons 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