pew
To furnish with pewsTo furnish with pews.
» Tom usually sits in the back pew.
Том обычно сидит на заднем сиденье. — sharptoothed
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1 sensesTo furnish with pews.
Examples
5 sentencesTom usually sits in the back pew.
ruТом обычно сидит на заднем сиденье. — sharptoothed
Tom was sitting in the front pew.
There were five rows of pews.
Along the whole length of the pew hymnals are placed at regular intervals.
deEntlang der gesamten Kirchenbank stehen in regelmäßigen Abständen Gesangbücher. — pne
Pew surveyor Katerina Eva Matsa said this falls in line with years of research on political attitudes toward news media in general.
Origin
From Middle English pewe, from Old French puiee, puïe (“balustrade, balcony”), from LatinFrom Middle English pewe, from Old French puiee, puïe (“balustrade, balcony”), from Latin podia, plural of podium (“parapet, podium”), from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”), from πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podia.
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Forms
pews, pewing, pewed, pewedWord family
1 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.