scotch
/skɑt͡ʃ/ verbe C2En français : contrecarrer, entailler, démentir
- To cut or score; to wound superficially.
- To prevent (something) from being successful. · The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
- To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor. · The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
- To block a wheel or other round object. · The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
- To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
- To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
He/she/it scotches · Prétérit scotched · Participe passé scotched · Forme en -ing scotching
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
- scotching
Dans la bibliothèque
Now his practical Scotch intelligence brought him back with a snap to the matter in hand.
MacDonald shook his obstinate Scotch head.
There were rosy bleeding-hearts and great splendid crimson peonies; white, fragrant narcissi and thorny, sweet Scotch roses; pink and blue and white columbines and lilac-tinted Bouncing Bets; clumps of southernwood and ribbon grass and mint; purple Adam-and-Eve, daffodils, and masses of sweet clover white with its delicate, fragrant, feathery sprays; scarlet lightning that shot its fiery lances over prim white musk-flowers; a garden it was where sunshine lingered and bees hummed, and winds, beguiled into loitering, purred and rustled.
Bertha Sampson and Pearl Clay of the White Sands Baptist choir had been asked to sing a duet; Milton Clark of Newbridge was to give a violin solo; Winnie Adella Blair of Carmody was to sing a Scotch ballad; and Laura Spencer of Spencervale and Anne Shirley of Avonlea were to recite.
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