pickaxe
To use a pickaxeTo use a pickaxe.
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» Ziri saw pickaxes all around him.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo use a pickaxe.
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Examples
10 sentencesZiri saw pickaxes all around him.
Do you hear those pickaxe sounds?
Martino struck the meteor with a pickaxe.
I'm holding a pickaxe in my hand.
Boris started hitting the door with his pickaxe.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due toInherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.
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Forms
pickaxes, pickaxing, pickaxed, pickaxedLessons 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.