wisp
/wɪsp/ verb C2- To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
- To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
- To emit in wisps.
He/she/it wisps · Past wisped · Past participle wisped · -ing form wisping
Verb forms
- Base form
- wisp
- He/she/it
- wisps
- Past
- wisped
- Past participle
- wisped
- -ing form
- wisping
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He found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it till he lost his senses.
A wisp of green floating in the air caught my eye, and another glance showed me that it was carried on a stick by a man who was moving among the broken ground.
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