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Meaning of "engrail" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENGRAIL

From Old French engresler, from en-1 + gresle slim, from Latin gracilis slender, graceful.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ENGRAIL

engrail  [ɪnˈɡreɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGRAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Engrail is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb engrail in English.

WHAT DOES ENGRAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of engrail in the English dictionary

The definition of engrail in the dictionary is to decorate or mark with small carved notches.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENGRAIL

PRESENT

Present
I engrail
you engrail
he/she/it engrails
we engrail
you engrail
they engrail
Present continuous
I am engrailing
you are engrailing
he/she/it is engrailing
we are engrailing
you are engrailing
they are engrailing
Present perfect
I have engrailed
you have engrailed
he/she/it has engrailed
we have engrailed
you have engrailed
they have engrailed
Present perfect continuous
I have been engrailing
you have been engrailing
he/she/it has been engrailing
we have been engrailing
you have been engrailing
they have been engrailing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I engrailed
you engrailed
he/she/it engrailed
we engrailed
you engrailed
they engrailed
Past continuous
I was engrailing
you were engrailing
he/she/it was engrailing
we were engrailing
you were engrailing
they were engrailing
Past perfect
I had engrailed
you had engrailed
he/she/it had engrailed
we had engrailed
you had engrailed
they had engrailed
Past perfect continuous
I had been engrailing
you had been engrailing
he/she/it had been engrailing
we had been engrailing
you had been engrailing
they had been engrailing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will engrail
you will engrail
he/she/it will engrail
we will engrail
you will engrail
they will engrail
Future continuous
I will be engrailing
you will be engrailing
he/she/it will be engrailing
we will be engrailing
you will be engrailing
they will be engrailing
Future perfect
I will have engrailed
you will have engrailed
he/she/it will have engrailed
we will have engrailed
you will have engrailed
they will have engrailed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been engrailing
you will have been engrailing
he/she/it will have been engrailing
we will have been engrailing
you will have been engrailing
they will have been engrailing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would engrail
you would engrail
he/she/it would engrail
we would engrail
you would engrail
they would engrail
Conditional continuous
I would be engrailing
you would be engrailing
he/she/it would be engrailing
we would be engrailing
you would be engrailing
they would be engrailing
Conditional perfect
I would have engrail
you would have engrail
he/she/it would have engrail
we would have engrail
you would have engrail
they would have engrail
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been engrailing
you would have been engrailing
he/she/it would have been engrailing
we would have been engrailing
you would have been engrailing
they would have been engrailing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you engrail
we let´s engrail
you engrail
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to engrail
Past participle
engrailed
Present Participle
engrailing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENGRAIL


Azrael
ˈæzreɪl
bedrail
ˈbɛdˌreɪl
brail
breɪl
Braille
breɪl
contrail
ˈkɒntreɪl
derail
dɪˈreɪl
frail
freɪl
graal
ɡreɪl
Grail
ɡreɪl
grayle
ɡreɪl
guardrail
ˈɡɑːdˌreɪl
handrail
ˈhændˌreɪl
headrail
ˈhɛdˌreɪl
interrail
ˈɪntəˌreɪl
monorail
ˈmɒnəʊˌreɪl
rail
reɪl
Sangraal
sæŋˈɡreɪl
Thrale
θreɪl
trail
treɪl
vitrail
ˈvɪtreɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENGRAIL

engrace
engraft
engraftation
engraftment
engrailment
engrain
engrained
engrainedly
engrainedness
engrainer
engram
engrammatic
engrammic
engrasp
engrave
engraved
engraver
engravery
engraving
engraving plate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENGRAIL

audit trail
blaze a trail
campaign trail
curtain rail
dado rail
fire trail
hiking trail
Holy Grail
light rail
nature trail
Oregon trail
paper trail
picture rail
Sangrail
Santa Fe Trail
serail
third rail
towel rail
vapour trail
water rail

Synonyms and antonyms of engrail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «engrail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENGRAIL

Find out the translation of engrail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of engrail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «engrail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

engrail
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engrail
570 millions of speakers

English

engrail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

engrail
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

engrail
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

engrail
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

engrail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

engrail
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Translator English - French

engrail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Engrail
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

engrail
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

engrail
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

engrail
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Engrail
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

viền tua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

engrail
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोदकाम करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

engrail
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

engrail
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

engrail
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

engrail
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

engrail
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

engrail
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

uitschulpen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

engrail
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

engrail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of engrail

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGRAIL»

The term «engrail» is used very little and occupies the 190.363 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGRAIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «engrail» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «engrail» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about engrail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGRAIL»

Discover the use of engrail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engrail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The banner display'd: or, An abridgment of Guillim [in his ...
He beareth Gules, a Bend engrail'd Argent, by the Name of Dennis. The Field is Gules, a Bend engrail'd Or, by the Name ot Marssha.il. Acard or Archard of Bucks ; Or, a Bend engrail'd Sable. Grove of Cheshire ; Argent, a Bend engrail'd Azure.
John Guillim, Samuel Kent, 1726
2
A Display of Heraldry
Argent, a Bend engrail'd between six Mattlets, Sable. Francis Cottington, Esq; Secretary to King Charles I. when Prince osI/Vales; since an English Baron, me. Lord Cottmgton. - Azure, on a Fess between three Roses, Argent, seeded, Or, ...
John Guillim, 1724
3
A Dictionary of Arms, British and Foreign; to which is ...
OF Norfrlè; Gules, aLion puff-mt guardant between fix Croflets sitchy—or. ~ . - Astnby of Lincoln; Sable, :1 Bend between six Esloíls_or._ f Asrey.; Or, a Cross engrail'd gules between four Martlets able. . Astz'ey of' Norfolk; Azure, a Cinkfoil ...
Samuel KENT, 1717
4
London and Middlesex Illustrated: By a True and Explicit ...
ROUSE, Merchant, Azure, two Bars engrail'd Argent, Gutte de Sang. These Arms are the Right of William Rouse, of St. Mary's Woolnoth, in the City of London, Merchant, and his Heirs and other Descendents, as may be seen in Coll. Armor. Lib.
John Warburton, 1749
5
Topics in Banach Space Integration
-Engrail*. <£ for any two ??-close 5-fine i-f-systems {(ij,/*)}, {(sj,Jj)} with the tags ij, Sj G M. A sequence Gk □ 1 — > X is said to be uniformly (strongly) ACV (M) if for every e > 0 there exists 8 : M — » (0, 00) and 77 > 0 such that ...
Štefan Schwabik, Guoju Ye, 2005
6
The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets
iEacides then shows A long lance, and a caldron new, engrail'd with twenty hues, Priz'd at an ox. These games were show'd, for men at darts, and then Up rose the general of all, up rose the king of men ; Up rose late-crown'd Meriones.
Homer, John Flaxman, 1843
7
The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and ...
I. ARMSJ Gules, a Cross engrail'd, Argent, a Lozenge in the Dexter, Chief of the second. But Sir Thomas Leigh of Stoneley, son to the Lord-Mayor, bore the Lozenge Or, as appears by the Visitation of Staffordshire, 1583. And Sir Thomas bore ...
Arthur Collins, 1779
8
A New Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining All the Terms Us'd ...
Engrail'd. INVECTED, by the French call'd CaneII'si, that is, fiuted, or furrow'd, and more frequently us'd by them than by us. It is the Reverse of Engrail'a', which has the Points outward to the Field, whereas this' has them inward to the Ordinary ...
James Coats, 1725
9
Oxfordshire Monumental Inscriptions
The same imp. a Chev. engrail bet. a-Unicorms' Heads erased. 3. This impaling alone. On a Table against the Western Wall of this Chapel, at the bottom under all , this ' _ _ H I Inscription: ' o “ This is the representation of Thos. 'More, Gent. who  ...
Anthony Wood, Hutton, Hinton, 1825
10
An essay towards a topographical history of the county of ...
In the East Window in two Places, and in one, on the South Side is teman, Sab. a Crescent Ermine in a Bordure engrail'd Arg. And was thus born by Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, Executor to Edmund Gcnvile, Founder of the College cf that ...
Francis Blomefield, 1769

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« EDUCALINGO. Engrail [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/engrail>. May 2024 ».
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