verb · transitive · rare

pollen

pol·len

pollen · pollens · pollened · pollening

To cover with, or as if with, pollenTo cover with, or as if with, pollen.

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UK/ˈpɒlən/US/ˈpɑlən/

» There's a lot of pollen in the air.

В воздухе много пыльцы. — Wezel

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Meaning

1 senses

(poetic)To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

Examples

41 sentences

There's a lot of pollen in the air.
ruВ воздухе много пыльцы. — Wezel
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What is pollen?
ruЧто такое пыльца? — marafon
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I'm allergic to pollen.
У мене алергія на пилок. — deniko
deIch habe eine Pollenallergie. — xtofu80
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I am allergic to pollen.
У мене алергія на пилок. — deniko
ruУ меня аллергия на пыльцу. — Olya
deIch habe Pollenallergie. — MUIRIEL
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Bees help plants spread their pollen.
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th cent

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

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Forms

pollens, pollening, pollened, pollened

Base form	pollen · to pollen
3rd person singular	pollens
Present participle	pollening
Past simple	pollened
Past participle	pollened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	pollen
he, she, it	pollens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

pollened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have pollened
he, she, it	has pollened

Future simple (will)Lesson