pox
To infect with the pox, or syphilisTo infect with the pox, or syphilis.
» Tom gave me the chicken pox.
Том наградил меня ветрянкой. — sharptoothed
Том заразил меня ветрянкой. — marafon
Том заразив мене вітрянкою. — deniko
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1 senses(dated)To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
Examples
22 sentencesTom gave me the chicken pox.
Том заразив мене вітрянкою. — deniko
ruТом наградил меня ветрянкой. — sharptoothed
I had chicken pox as a kid.
Я хворів у дитинстві на вітрянку. — deniko
ruЯ болел ветрянкой в детстве. — Biga
I had chicken pox when I was a kid.
У дитинстві я хворів на вітрянку. — deniko
ruВ детстве я болел ветрянкой. — Selena777
deAls Kind hatte ich Windpocken. — Yorwba
Tom has to stay in the house because he has the chicken pox.
Том мусить залишатися вдома, бо у нього вітрянка. — deniko
deTom muss im Haus bleiben, weil er Windpocken hat. — brauchinet
There was only one case of chicken pox at the school.
У школі був лише один випадок вітрянки. — deniko
ruВ школе был только один случай ветрянки. — sharptoothed
deEs gab an der Schule nur einen Fall von Windpocken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy:From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy: wishing a literal pox upon someone is the original form of pox-relevant curse, and the word pox itself also came to mean curse.
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Forms
poxes, poxing, poxed, poxedLessons 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.