paper
/ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/ verb C2- To apply paper to. · to paper the hallway walls
- To document; to memorialize. · After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
- To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- To sandpaper.
- To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
He/she/it papers · Past papered · Past participle papered · -ing form papering
Verb forms
- Base form
- paper
- He/she/it
- papers
- Past
- papered
- Past participle
- papered
- -ing form
- papering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He threw the paper across to me and I glanced at the place indicated.
The inspector had stopped suddenly, and was staring with a look of absolute amazement at a paper upon the table.
neither you nor myself, but Fernand; you knew very well that I threw the paper into a corner of the room—indeed, I fancied I had destroyed it.”
Holmes walked across to the desk and dabbed a little ink from each bottle on to the blotting paper.
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