syrup
To convert or process into syrupTo convert or process into syrup.
» This tastes like cough syrup.
Це на смак схоже на сироп від кашлю. — deniko
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3 senses(transitive)To convert or process into syrup.
(transitive)To add syrup to.
(transitive)To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.
Examples
78 sentencesThis tastes like cough syrup.
Це на смак схоже на сироп від кашлю. — deniko
We've run out of syrup.
У нас закінчився сироп. — deniko
This is syrup.
Це сироп. — deniko
ruЭто сироп. — odexed
Tom poured syrup on his pancakes.
Tom likes maple syrup on his pancakes.
ruТом любит кленовый сироп на оладьях. — lingvokrolik
deTom mag Ahornsirup auf seinen Pfannkuchen. — Esperantostern
Origin
From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, fFrom Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.
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Forms
syrups, syruping, syruped, syrupedLessons 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