Meaning

2 senses

  1. (figuratively, transitive)To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use.

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To become distracted.

Examples

426 sentences

  1. Tom loves squirrels.

    Том обожнює білок. — deniko

    ruТом обожает бе́лок. — marafon

    deTom liebt Eichhörnchen. — wolfgangth

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  2. Was that a squirrel?

    Це була білка? — deniko

    ruЭто белка была? — marafon

    deWar das ein Eichhörnchen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. My cat killed a squirrel.

    Мій кіт убив білку. — deniko

    ruМоя кошка убила белку. — marafon

    deMeine Katze hat ein Eichhörnchen getötet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Squirrels move quickly.

    Білки швидко рухаються. — deniko

    ruБелки быстро двигаются. — odexed

    deEichhörnchen bewegen sich schnell. — Tamy

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  5. It's a squirrel.

    Це білка. — deniko

    ruЭто белка. — marafon

    deDas ist ein Eichhörnchen. — piterkeo

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel

From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)).

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Forms

squirrels, squirreling, squirreled, squirreled
Base formsquirrel · to squirrel
3rd person singularsquirrels
Present participlesquirreling
Past simplesquirreled / squirrelled
Past participlesquirreled / squirrelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquirrel
he, she, itsquirrels

Past simpleLesson

all personssquirreled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squirrel

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

3 related words
Derivedsquirrelablesquirrel aroundsquirrel away

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squiresquirmC2squirtsquish
squirrel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto