Meaning

4 senses

  1. To hunt walruses

  2. To be like a walrus

    To move dragging one's belly along the floor

  3. To hang like a walrus's moustache

  4. To be prominent, like tusks

Origin

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displa

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.

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Forms

walruses, walrusing, walrused, walrused

regular · Lesson

Base formwalrus · to walrus
3rd person singularwalruses
Present participlewalrusing
Past simplewalrused / walrussed
Past participlewalrused / walrussed

Tenses

walrus · walrused · will walrus · have walrused

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywalrus
he, she, itwalruses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave walrused
he, she, ithas walrused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill walrus

Past simpleLesson

all personswalrused

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wallpaperwalnutB2waltzwand

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