shawl
To wrap in a shawlTo wrap in a shawl.
» Tom found a woman's shawl on one of the park benches.
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1 sensesTo wrap in a shawl.
Examples
25 sentencesTom found a woman's shawl on one of the park benches.
Tom bought a shawl for his mother.
ruТом купил для матери шаль. — Karok
deTom hat seiner Mutter einen Schal gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom gave Mary a shawl for her birthday.
ruТом подарил Мэри на день рождения шаль. — marafon
deTom schenkte Maria zum Geburtstag einen Schal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Put this shawl on.
ruНадень эту шаль. — marafon
deLege diesen Schal um! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary covered her shoulders with a shawl.
Origin
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi शाल (śāl) / Urdu شال (śāl)), from Classical Persian شال (šBorrowed from Hindustani (Hindi शाल (śāl) / Urdu شال (śāl)), from Classical Persian شال (šāl). Doublet of sari through Sanskrit.
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Forms
shawls, shawling, shawled, shawledLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.