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staple

/ˈsteɪ.pəl/ verb C2
  1. To secure with a staple. (transitive)

He/she/it staples · Past stapled · Past participle stapled · -ing form stapling

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Verb forms

Base form
staple
He/she/it
staples
Past
stapled
Past participle
stapled
-ing form
stapling

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In one of these a staple and chain with a quantity of gnawed bones showed where the animal had been confined.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 200 · C1

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