pebble
/ˈpɛbəl/ verb C2- To pave with pebbles.
- To deposit water droplets on the ice. · to pebble the ice between games
- To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
- To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.
He/she/it pebbles · Past pebbled · Past participle pebbled · -ing form pebbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- pebble
- He/she/it
- pebbles
- Past
- pebbled
- Past participle
- pebbled
- -ing form
- pebbling
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A MOLE, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: “I am sure than I can see, Mother!” In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, “What is it?” The young Mole said, “It is a pebble.” His Mother exclaimed: “My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.”
It was a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and discoloured metal and several dull-coloured pieces of pebble or glass.
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