paddock
To place or keep within a paddockTo place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
» The cows escaped from the paddock.
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4 senses(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
(Australia, New Zealand, also, intransitive, transitive)To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
(Australia, New Zealand, obsolete, transitive)To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).
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7 sentencesOrigin
The noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croThe noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croft, small field, paddock”), from Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosed pasture, paddock; coop; feeding stall; cabin, hut”) [and other forms], from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“fence used to enclose a space; area enclosed by such a fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosure; pen for animals”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence; enclosure”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, beam; barrier”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”). Equivalent to park + -ock. Doublet of park.
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Forms
paddocks, paddocking, paddocked, paddockedLessons 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