nimble
To move nimblyTo move nimbly.
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» Tom isn't as nimble as he used to be.
Tom ist nicht mehr so flink wie einst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesTo move nimbly.
Examples
15 sentencesTom isn't as nimble as he used to be.
deTom ist nicht mehr so flink wie einst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is still nimble.
Squirrels are nimble in climbing trees.
ruБелки умеют ловко лазить по деревьям. — megaton
deEichhörnchen klettern flink auf Bäume. — xtofu80
A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.
Tom is not as nimble as he used to be.
deTom ist nicht mehr so flink wie einst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
With intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quWith intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), a merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.
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Forms
nimbles, nimbling, nimbled, nimbledLessons 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.