socket
To place or fit in a socketTo place or fit in a socket.
» Tom pushed the plug into the socket.
Том воткнул штепсель в розетку.
Том воткнул вилку в розетку.
Meaning
1 sensesTo place or fit in a socket.
Examples
45 sentencesTom pushed the plug into the socket.
ruТом воткнул штепсель в розетку. — odexed
You might want to childproof those electrical sockets.
Tom stuck a fork into the electrical socket.
ruТом сунул столовую вилку в розетку. — odexed
There are sparks flying out of the electric socket.
Розетка іскрує. — JeNNeR
ruРозетка искрит. — V_Zmoova
We need to get a sparky in to look at that socket.
Треба викликати електрика, хай гляне на цю розетку. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of OlFrom Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
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Forms
sockets, socketing, socketed, socketedLessons 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