pimple
To mark, cover or disfigure as with pimplesTo mark, cover or disfigure (something) as with pimples.
» I can't get rid of my pimples.
Я не могу избавиться от прыщей.
Meaning
2 senses(also, figuratively, transitive)To mark, cover or disfigure (something) as with pimples.
(intransitive)To develop pimples.
Examples
55 sentencesI can't get rid of my pimples.
ruЯ не могу избавиться от прыщей. — marafon
Tom has a pimple on his nose.
deTom hat einen Pickel auf der Nase. — Adelpa
Tom had a pimple on his nose.
I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.
Her face is covered with pimples.
ruЕё лицо покрыто прыщами. — Biga
deIhr Gesicht ist mit Pickeln übersät. — Ullalia
Origin
Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origEarly Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
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Forms
pimples, pimpling, pimpled, pimpledLessons 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