stout
To persist, endureTo persist, endure.
» My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko
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2 senses(dialectal, transitive)To persist, endure.
(archaic, intransitive)To be bold or defiant.
Examples
18 sentencesMy uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko
Irish stout is the best beer.
deIrisches Stout ist das beste Bier. — Yorwba
The defenders put up a stout resistance.
He looked small beside my father's stout body.
The stout man got into a cab in haste.
deDer korpulente Mann stieg hastig in ein Taxi ein. — Dani6187
Origin
From Middle English stouten, from the adjective (see above).From Middle English stouten, from the adjective (see above).
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Forms
stouts, stouting, stouted, stoutedSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons 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.