Meaning of "pebble" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEBBLE

Old English papolstān, from papol- (perhaps of imitative origin) + stān stone.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PEBBLE

pebble  [ˈpɛbəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEBBLE

Pebble is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pebble in English.

WHAT DOES PEBBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pebble

A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 2 to 64 millimetres based on the Krumbein phi scale of sedimentology. Pebbles are generally considered to be larger than granules and smaller than cobbles. A rock made predominantly of pebbles is termed a conglomerate. Pebble tools are among the earliest known man-made artifacts, dating from the Palaeolithic period of human history. A beach composed chiefly of surface pebbles is commonly termed a shingle beach. This type of beach has armoring characteristics with respect to wave erosion, as well as ecological niches which can provide habitat for animals and plants. Pebbles come in various colors and textures, and can have streaks of quartz and different colored sedimentary rock. Pebbles are mostly smooth but, dependent on how frequently they come in contact with the sea, they can have marks of contact with other rocks or other pebbles. Pebbles left above the high water mark may have growths of organisms such as lichen on them, signifying the lack of contact with seawater.

Definition of pebble in the English dictionary

The first definition of pebble in the dictionary is a small smooth rounded stone, esp one worn by the action of water. Other definition of pebble is a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 4–64 mm and thus smaller than a cobble but larger than a granule. Pebble is also a transparent colourless variety of rock crystal, used for making certain lenses.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PEBBLE

PRESENT

Present

I pebble

you pebble

he/she/it pebbles

we pebble

you pebble

they pebble

Present continuous

I am pebbling

you are pebbling

he/she/it is pebbling

we are pebbling

you are pebbling

they are pebbling

Present perfect

I have pebbled

you have pebbled

he/she/it has pebbled

we have pebbled

you have pebbled

they have pebbled

Present perfect continuous

I have been pebbling

you have been pebbling

he/she/it has been pebbling

we have been pebbling

you have been pebbling

they have been pebbling

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 pebbled

you pebbled

he/she/it pebbled

we pebbled

you pebbled

they pebbled

Past continuous

I was pebbling

you were pebbling

he/she/it was pebbling

we were pebbling

you were pebbling

they were pebbling

Past perfect

I had pebbled

you had pebbled

he/she/it had pebbled

we had pebbled

you had pebbled

they had pebbled

Past perfect continuous

I had been pebbling

you had been pebbling

he/she/it had been pebbling

we had been pebbling

you had been pebbling

they had been pebbling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pebble

you will pebble

he/she/it will pebble

we will pebble

you will pebble

they will pebble

Future continuous

I will be pebbling

you will be pebbling

he/she/it will be pebbling

we will be pebbling

you will be pebbling

they will be pebbling

Future perfect

I will have pebbled

you will have pebbled

he/she/it will have pebbled

we will have pebbled

you will have pebbled

they will have pebbled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pebbling

you will have been pebbling

he/she/it will have been pebbling

we will have been pebbling

you will have been pebbling

they will have been pebbling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pebble

you would pebble

he/she/it would pebble

we would pebble

you would pebble

they would pebble

Conditional continuous

I would be pebbling

you would be pebbling

he/she/it would be pebbling

we would be pebbling

you would be pebbling

they would be pebbling

Conditional perfect

I would have pebble

you would have pebble

he/she/it would have pebble

we would have pebble

you would have pebble

they would have pebble

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pebbling

you would have been pebbling

he/she/it would have been pebbling

we would have been pebbling

you would have been pebbling

they would have been pebbling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pebble
we let´s pebble
you pebble

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pebble

Past participle

pebbled

Present Participle

pebbling

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.

TRANSLATION OF PEBBLE

Find out the translation of pebble to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pebble from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pebble» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 小鹅卵石
• Translator English - Spanish: guijarro
• English: pebble
• Translator English - Hindi: कंकड़
• Translator English - Arabic: حَصَاةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: галька
• Translator English - Portuguese: pedregulho
• Translator English - Bengali: নুড়ি
• Translator English - French: galet
• Translator English - Malay: Kerikil
• Translator English - German: Kieselstein
• Translator English - Japanese: 小石
• Translator English - Korean: 조약돌
• Translator English - Javanese: Pebble
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sỏi
• Translator English - Tamil: கூழாங்கல்
• Translator English - Marathi: गारगोटी
• Translator English - Turkish: çakıl
• Translator English - Italian: ciottolo
• Translator English - Polish: otoczak
• Translator English - Ukrainian: галька
• Translator English - Romanian: pietricică
• Translator English - Greek: βότσαλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: klippie
• Translator English - Swedish: småsten
• Translator English - Norwegian: småstein

10 QUOTES WITH «PEBBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pebble.

1

Muhammad Ali

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

2

Henry Ward Beecher

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

3

Mindy Grossman

If you throw the pebble in the pond and the rings start circulating that much wider, you've done things and created things for people that they didn't think they'd ever be able to do. That excites me.

4

Natalie Gulbis

Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing.

5

Jane Leavy

Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field of vision, obscuring reality and challenging belief.

6

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

7

Isaac Newton

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

8

Isaac Newton

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

9

Blaise Pascal

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

10

Jean Rostand

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEBBLE»

Discover the use of pebble in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pebble and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Complete Pebble Mosaic Book

This is a complete sourcebook for enthusiasts and landscape designers - an accessible and illustrated guide for creating basic to advanced projects from start to finish.

Maggy Howarth, 2003

A Pebble for Your Pocket

Combining the stories and meditation practices from the previous edition of A Pebble for your Pocket with those collected in Under the Rose Apple Tree and several new stories, this completely revised edition is comprised of Buddhist ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, 2013

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

‎2010

A Smoother Pebble : Mathematical Explorations: Mathematical ...

This book takes a novel look at the topics of school mathematics--arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and calculus.

Davis (Emeritus) Donald C. Benson Professor of Mathematics University of California, 2003

The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth

Where do pebbles come from? How were they made? This book tells the story of a pebble, from its origins in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago to a busy, modern landscape.

Meredith Hooper, 1997

Pebble in the Sky

Hurtled through time from 1949 Chicago to an Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire, retired tailor Joseph Schwartz finds himself on a backwater, insignificant planet with much of its land ruined by radioactivity and so poor ...

Isaac Asimov, 2010

A Pebble in His Shoe: The Diary of A Straight Spouse

This is a captivating journey of a picture-perfect marriage and the devastating effects of a quest for self.

Francine Barbetta, 2008

The (Unofficial) Pebble SmartWatch Book

This book is about the Pebble smartwatch, which is one of the first plausible smartwatches out of the starting blocks and which in many ways "kickstarted" (this is a joke, as you will see) the smartwatch revolution.

SmartWatchBooks, 2013

The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth's deep history

This is the story of a single pebble.

Jan Zalasiewicz, 2010

Pebble: A Story About Belonging

There once was a pebble on a rocky shore. It was small and round and nearly smooth. Amid a seascape dotted with endless rocks, one pebble yearns to be special. Can you find the pebble?

Susan Milord, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEBBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pebble is used in the context of the following news items.

Caddie Jimenez follows Grateful Dead, daughter to ultra challenge

Jimenez, 41, is a professional caddie at Pebble Beach in California and an experienced ultra marathoner. It's an unusual combination. "Yeah ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

The Pebble Time Smartwatch keeps you in the know

While none of them are necessarily cheap (and if they are, it normally comes at a price of quality), the Pebble Time seems like a good option. «Coolest Gadgets, Jul 15»

Pebble Time update brings brightness and vibration intensity settings

The Pebble Time just got a minor but much welcome update, offering control over the intensity and duration of the backlight, the vibration motor ... «Wareable, Jul 15»

The 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Will Be a Display of …

Automotive enthusiasts from around the world will flock to California's Monterey Peninsula the second week of August, culminating with the ... «Robb Report, Jul 15»

Pebble Time firmware update brings gentler haptic notification

The update will be coming to the Pebble Time and, when it ships, the Time Steel alongside updates to Pebble's Android and iOS app including ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»

10 things you didn't know about the Pebble Time

Enter the Pebble Time smartwatch, a significant improvement on the original Pebble Watch, but with all the charm that a color e-ink screen ... «TechRadar, Jul 15»

Bouygues Telecom starts taking pre-orders for Pebble Time

French operator Bouygues Telecom has started taking pre-orders for the Pebble Time smart watch. The device comes in black, white, or red ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»

Two injured in head-on collision on Pebble Hill

TWO people were injured in a head-on collision on Pebble Hill on Monday night. Police were called to the Betchworth hill and closed the road ... «Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, Jul 15»

Pebble Time availability extends to Best Buy, Target

Pebble's latest smartwatch, the $199 Time, has been shipping to Kickstarter backers and direct from Pebble itself for a few weeks. Today, the ... «The Verge, Jul 15»

BMW bringing two new concepts to Pebble Beach

BMW has announced that it will reveal not one, but two new concept cars during Monterey Car Week next month. The Bavarian automaker ... «Autoblog, Jul 15»