Meaning

1 senses

  1. To scar or mark with pits

    mark with a scar

Origin

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-W

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).

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Forms

pocks, pocking, pocked, pocked
Base formpock · to pock
3rd person singularpocks
Present participlepocking
Past simplepocked
Past participlepocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypock
he, she, itpocks

Past simpleLesson

all personspocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pocked
he, she, ithas pocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pock

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosispoachpoacherpocketA1pockmarked

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