sentinel
To watch over as a guardTo watch over as a guard.
» Did the sentinel see anything that night?
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To watch over as a guard.
He sentineled the north wall.
bewachen
охоронятиoxoronjaty
(transitive)To post a guard for.
He sentineled the north wall with just one man.
Examples
4 sentencesDid the sentinel see anything that night?
The mountains stand as sentinels.
On a rock which overlooked the track, showing out dark and plain against the sky, there stood a solitary sentinel.
It is illegal to try to go to North Sentinel Island.
ruПытаться проникнуть на Северный Сентинельский остров незаконно. — Ooneykcall
Translations
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Origin
First attested in the 1570s from Middle French sentinelle (“watch or guard kept by a soldiFirst attested in the 1570s from Middle French sentinelle (“watch or guard kept by a soldier”), from Old Italian sentinella, probably from sentina + -ella, from sentire (“perceive, watch, hear”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive by the senses”). See also sense, sentient.
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Forms
sentinels, sentineling, sentineled, sentineled| Base form | sentinel · to sentinel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sentinels |
| Present participle | sentineling |
| Past simple | sentineled / sentinelled |
| Past participle | sentineled / sentinelled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons 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