Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive)To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To take or seize.

  3. (archaic, slang, transitive)To filch, steal, pilfer.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Online casinos are illegal in Viet Nam.

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  2. Would you mind telling me the purpose of your coming to Viet Nam?

    deWären Sie so gut, mir zu verraten, zu welchem Zweck Sie nach Vietnam gekommen sind?

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  3. The World Bank has begun appraisal of Laos’ controversial Nam Theun II hydroelectric project.

    deDie Weltbank hat mit der Bewertung von Laos’ kontroversem Nam-Theun-II-Wasserkraftprojekt begonnen.

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Origin

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *n

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).

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Forms

nims, nimming, nam, num
Base formnim · to nim
3rd person singularnims
Present participlenimming
Past simplenam / nimmed
Past participlenum / nimmed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynim
he, she, itnims

Past simpleLesson

all personsnam

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nim

Word family

7 related words
RelatednumbC1benimnimblenimmer
Derivednimpsovernimwithername

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nighttimenilnimblenimbusnimrod
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