Meaning

1 senses

  1. (South Africa)To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

    2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed

Examples

290 sentences

  1. Tom bought a necklace for Mary.

    Том купив Мері намисто. — deniko

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  2. Tom found the necklace Mary had lost.

    Том знайшов намисто, яке загубила Мері. — deniko

    ruТом нашёл колье, которое Мэри потеряла. — marafon

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  3. I gave my sister a pearl necklace on her birthday.

    Я подарував сестрі на день народження перламутрове намисто. — deniko

    ruЯ подарил своей сестре жемчужное ожерелье на день рождения. — afyodor

    deIch schenkte meiner Schwester ein Perlenhalsband zu ihrem Geburtstag. — Yorwba

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  4. Mary told me she wanted Tom to buy her a necklace.

    Мері сказала мені, що вона хоче, аби Том купив їй написто. — deniko

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  5. Mary told me that she wanted Tom to buy her a necklace.

    Мері сказала мені, що вона хоче, аби Том купив їй написто. — deniko

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Origin

From neck + lace.

From neck + lace.

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Forms

necklaces, necklacing, necklaced, necklaced
Base formnecklace · to necklace
3rd person singularnecklaces
Present participlenecklacing
Past simplenecklaced
Past participlenecklaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynecklace
he, she, itnecklaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsnecklaced

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill necklace

Word family

2 related words
RelatedcollarB1
Derivednecklacing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • her pearl necklace
  • a pearl necklace
  • buy a necklace
  • a necklace for
  • diamond necklace
  • expensive necklace
  • the necklace that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
necessitatenecessityB2neckA1necklinenecktienecromancernecrosis

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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