Meaning

1 senses

  1. To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

    secure with a noose

Examples

11 sentences

  1. This noose is prepared for Tom.

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  2. Sami put the noose around his head.

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  3. He'd already passed the noose around his neck.

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  4. The pirate made a noose for the prisoner.

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  5. Ignorance smothers like a noose.

    ruНевежество душит как петля.

    deUnwissenheit erstickt wie eine Schlinge.

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Origin

From Middle English nose (“noose, loop”), of unclear origin.

From Middle English nose (“noose, loop”), of unclear origin.

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Forms

nooses, noosing, noosed, noosed
Base formnoose · to noose
3rd person singularnooses
Present participlenoosing
Past simplenoosed
Past participlenoosed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynoose
he, she, itnooses

Past simpleLesson

all personsnoosed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill noose

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nooknoonA2noondaynopalnope
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