Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive, literally)To fish for sardines.

  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive)To pack or cram together tightly.

Examples

43 sentences

  1. I bought a can of sardines.

    ruЯ купил банку сардин. — marafon

    deIch habe eine Büchse Sardinen gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I bought a couple of cans of sardines.

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  3. I throw the sardine as bait.

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  4. I use the sardine as bait.

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  5. The sardines formed into a large school.

    deDie Sardinen bildeten eine große Schule. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīn

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

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Forms

sardines, sardining, sardined, sardined
Base formsardine · to sardine
3rd person singularsardines
Present participlesardining
Past simplesardined
Past participlesardined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysardine
he, she, itsardines

Past simpleLesson

all personssardined

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sardine

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sarcasticC1sarcasticallyC1sarcophagussardonicsargassosash
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