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girl

/ˈɡɜɹl/ verb C2
  1. To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls. (transitive)
  2. To staff with or as a girl or girls. (informal)

He/she/it girls · Past girled · Past participle girled · -ing form girling

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Verb forms

Base form
girl
He/she/it
girls
Past
girled
Past participle
girled
-ing form
girling

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I hope you were a good girl.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 108 · C1
When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child’s laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy’s merry voice reached her ears; and she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 2 · B2
“Never mind, dearest mother,” said a young and lovely girl, with a profusion of light brown hair, and eyes that seemed to float in liquid crystal, “’tis all my fault for seizing upon M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 43 · C1
“What is he like?” asked the girl.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 59 · B2

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