Meaning

1 senses

  1. To inhabit a shanty.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. My brother built a new shanty for ice-fishing.

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  2. There is no running water in that shanty town.

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  3. The rotting shanty town was not too distant from the grandiose temples of serpentine.

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  4. My house is a shanty.

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Origin

From Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”). An alternative theory that th

From Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”). An alternative theory that the word derives from Irish seantí (meaning "old house") is not considered likely by lexicologists.

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Forms

shanties, shantying, shantied, shantied
Base formshanty · to shanty
3rd person singularshanties
Present participleshantying
Past simpleshantied
Past participleshantied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshanty
he, she, itshanties

Past simpleLesson

all personsshantied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shanty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shanghaishankshapeA2shapelessshapeshift
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