sausage
To squeeze tightly into in a rolled or sausage-like formTo squeeze (something) tightly into in a rolled or sausage-like form.
» Do you know how sausage is made?
Ти знаєш, як роблять ковбасу?
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To squeeze (something) tightly into in a rolled or sausage-like form.
(transitive)To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.
(transitive, with on)To fit snugly into.
(transitive)To make into sausage.
(transitive)To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.
Examples
146 sentencesDo you know how sausage is made?
Ти знаєш, як роблять ковбасу? — deniko
I don't want to eat any more sausages.
Я не хочу більше їсти сосиски. — Ahha
I'm tired of eating sausages.
Я втомився їсти сосиски. — deniko
Tom likes sausage.
Тому подобається ковбаса. — deniko
deTom mag Wurst. — Felixjp
Would you like bacon or sausage?
ruХотите бекон или колбасу? — Tretiz
deWollen Sie Speck oder Wurst? — MUIRIEL
Origin
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), fFrom late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.
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Forms
sausages, sausaging, sausaged, sausagedLessons 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