Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To smuggle contraband goods.

Examples

152 sentences

  1. I'm a night owl.

    Я "сова". — deniko

    ruЯ "сова". — DiePain

    deIch bin eine Nachteule. — xtofu80

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  2. When do owls sleep?

    Коли сови сплять? — deniko

    ruКогда совы спят? — Balamax

    deWann schlafen Eulen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Owls have big eyes.

    Сови мають великі очі. — deniko

    ruУ сов большие глаза. — odexed

    deEulen haben große Augen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I heard an owl last night.

    ruПрошлой ночью я слышал сову. — marafon

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  5. What kind of owl is that?

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Origin

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West G

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ (“owl”), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up- (“to cry out”).

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Forms

owls, owling, owled, owled
Base formowl · to owl
3rd person singularowls
Present participleowling
Past simpleowled
Past participleowled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyowl
he, she, itowls

Past simpleLesson

all personsowled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill owl

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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