vinegar
To season or otherwise treat with vinegarTo season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
» Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
Examples
88 sentencesHoney catches more flies than vinegar.
What kind of vinegar is this?
Honey attracts flies better than vinegar.
Tom doesn't like the taste of vinegar.
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
ruНа мёд можно поймать больше мух, чем на уксус. — marafon
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on LFrom Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).
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Forms
vinegars, vinegaring, vinegared, vinegaredWord 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.