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DIBBLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs

Synonyms:

dibber; dibble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dibble" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Derivation:

dibble (make a hole with a wooden hand tool)

dibble (plant with a wooden hand tool)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a hole with a wooden hand tool

Example:

dibble the ground

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dibble" is one way to...):

dig; dig out (create by digging)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dibble (a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant with a wooden hand tool

Example:

dibble Spring bulbs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dibble" is one way to...):

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dibble (a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs)

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