crate
/kɹeɪt/ verb C2- To put into a crate.
- To keep in a crate.
He/she/it crates · Past crated · Past participle crated · -ing form crating
Verb forms
- Base form
- crate
- He/she/it
- crates
- Past
- crated
- Past participle
- crated
- -ing form
- crating
From the library
Merryweather perched himself upon a crate, with a very injured expression upon his face, while Holmes fell upon his knees upon the floor and, with the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to examine minutely the cracks between the stones.
The crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between layers of lead foil.
I shall stand behind this crate, and do you conceal yourselves behind those.
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