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pike

/paɪk/ verb C2
  1. To equip with a turnpike. (intransitive)

He/she/it pikes · Past piked · Past participle piked · -ing form piking

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Verb forms

Base form
pike
He/she/it
pikes
Past
piked
Past participle
piked
-ing form
piking

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We’ll know before the day is out whether we have caught our big, lean-jawed pike, or whether he has got through the meshes.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 179 · C1
Already I seemed to see our nets drawing closer around that lean-jawed pike.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 182 · C1
The pike, eels, and carp eat greedily always, as everybody knows—well, they feast on the vulture.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1
Now suppose that next day, one of these eels, or pike, or carp, poisoned at the fourth remove, is served up at your table.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1

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