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boulder

/ˈboʊl.dɚ/ verb C2
  1. To engage in bouldering.

He/she/it boulders · Past bouldered · Past participle bouldered · -ing form bouldering

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Verb forms

Base form
boulder
He/she/it
boulders
Past
bouldered
Past participle
bouldered
-ing form
bouldering

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From the top of this boulder the gleam of something bright caught my eye, and, raising my hand, I found that it came from the silver cigarette-case which he used to carry.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 125 · B2
A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 80 · C1
A boulder of granite concealed our approach, and crouching behind it we gazed over it at the signal light.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 123 · C1
At the same moment the convict screamed out a curse at us and hurled a rock which splintered up against the boulder which had sheltered us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 124 · C1

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