toom
toom · tooms · toomed · tooming
To empty; teemTo empty; teem.
» They asked me what Toom looked like.
Ich wurde gefragt, wie Tom aussehe. — Waldelfe
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1 senses(dialectal, rare)To empty; teem.
Examples
1 sentencesThey asked me what Toom looked like.
deIch wurde gefragt, wie Tom aussehe. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tFrom Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).
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Forms
tooms, tooming, toomed, toomedLessons 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