paper
To apply paper toTo apply paper to.
» Have you read today's paper yet?
Habt ihr schon die Zeitung von heute gelesen?
Hast du schon die Zeitung von heute gelesen?
Ты уже читала сегодняшнюю газету?
Вы уже читали сегодняшнюю газету?
Ты уже читал сегодняшнюю газету?
Ви вже прочитали сьогодняшній випуск газети?
Ти вже прочитав сьогодняшній випуск газети?
Ти вже прочитала сьогодняшній випуск газети?
Ви вже читали сьогоднішню газету?
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To apply paper to.
to paper the hallway walls
tapezieren
cover with paper
(transitive)To document; to memorialize.
After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
(transitive)To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
(transitive)To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
(transitive)To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
(transitive)To sandpaper.
(transitive)To enfold in paper.
To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
(Northeastern, US)To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
Examples
1938 sentencesHave 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
Give me a sheet of paper.
Дайте мені аркуш паперу. — Reem
ruДай мне лист бумаги. — marafon
I turned in a paper yesterday.
Я здав роботу вчора. — aandrusiak
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
Can I have a paper bag?
Можна мені паперовий пакет? — deniko
ruМожно мне бумажный пакет? — afyodor
deKönnte ich eine Papiertüte haben? — landano
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed fromFrom 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, paperedSynonyms
2 synonyms- cover with wallpaper:wallpaper
Word family
3 related wordsLessons 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
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