Meaning

1 senses

  1. To fix or fill using putty.

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    apply putty in order to fix or fill

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He filled the crack with putty.

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  2. He stopped up the crack with putty.

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  3. Tom got some Silly Putty for his birthday.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
to fix something using putty:

Origin

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

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Forms

putties, puttying, puttied, puttied
Base formputty · to putty
3rd person singularputties
Present participleputtying
Past simpleputtied
Past participleputtied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyputty
he, she, itputties

Past simpleLesson

all personsputtied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill putty

Word family

3 related words
Derivedputtierreputtyunputtied

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puttputterputzpuzzleB1
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