tong
To use tongsTo use tongs.
» Do you have any ice tongs?
Haben Sie eine Eiszange? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hast du eine Eiszange? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Habt ihr eine Eiszange? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(intransitive)To use tongs.
mit einer Zange halten
испо́льзовать щипцы́ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý
(transitive)To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
mit einer Zange greifen
захвати́ть щипца́миzaxvatítʹ ščipcámi
Examples
16 sentencesDo you have any ice tongs?
deHaben Sie eine Eiszange? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Turn the bananas with the tongs.
I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
Please take the bread with the tongs.
We use tongs to pick up food.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-WestFrom Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).
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Forms
tongs, tonging, tonged, tongedWord family
1 related wordsLessons 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.