pebble
To pave with pebblesTo pave with pebbles.
» I have a pebble in my shoe.
Ich habe einen Stein im Schuh. — ospalh
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4 senses(transitive)To pave with pebbles.
(transitive)To deposit water droplets on the ice.
to pebble the ice between games
(transitive)To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
(transitive)To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.
Examples
33 sentencesI have a pebble in my shoe.
deIch habe einen Stein im Schuh. — ospalh
She stooped to pick up a pebble.
Вона нахилилася та підняла камінчик. — aandrusiak
deSie bückte sich und hob einen Kieselstein auf. — xtofu80
Stop throwing pebbles against my window.
Ziri filled the birdbath with pebbles.
Tom threw pebbles at the cows.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”)From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
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Forms
pebbles, pebbling, pebbled, pebbledLessons 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