Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To apply paper to.

    to paper the hallway walls

    tapezieren

    cover with paper

  2. (transitive)To document; to memorialize.

    After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

  3. (transitive)To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

  4. (transitive)To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

  5. (transitive)To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

  6. (transitive)To sandpaper.

  7. (transitive)To enfold in paper.

  8. To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

  9. (Northeastern, US)To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.

Examples

1938 sentences
  1. Have you read today's paper yet?

    Ви вже прочитали сьогодняшній випуск газети? — deniko

    ruТы уже читала сегодняшнюю газету? — Imp

    deHabt ihr schon die Zeitung von heute gelesen? — MUIRIEL

  2. Give me a sheet of paper.

    Дайте мені аркуш паперу. — Reem

    ruДай мне лист бумаги. — marafon

  3. I turned in a paper yesterday.

    Я здав роботу вчора. — aandrusiak

  4. Draw a line on your paper.

    Накресли лінію на своєму папері. — uaspeaker

    ruНачерти линию на своей бумаге. — Hellerick

    deZeichnen Sie einen Strich auf Ihr Blatt. — Zaghawa

  5. Can I have a paper bag?

    Можна мені паперовий пакет? — deniko

    ruМожно мне бумажный пакет? — afyodor

    deKönnte ich eine Papiertüte haben? — landano

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to apply paper to:

Origin

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

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Forms

papers, papering, papered, papered
Base formpaper · to paper
3rd person singularpapers
Present participlepapering
Past simplepapered
Past participlepapered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypaper
he, she, itpapers

Past simpleLesson

all personspapered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paper

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • sheet of paper
  • toilet paper
  • in the paper
  • signed the papers
  • of paper and
  • reading the paper
  • folded the paper
  • a paper airplane
  • a paper bag
  • today's paper
  • of toilet paper

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
paper — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto