parcel
verb/ˈpɑːsl/
/ˈpɑːrsl/
(especially British English)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they parcel | /ˈpɑːsl/ /ˈpɑːrsl/ |
| he / she / it parcels | /ˈpɑːslz/ /ˈpɑːrslz/ |
| past simple parcelled | /ˈpɑːsld/ /ˈpɑːrsld/ |
| past participle parcelled | /ˈpɑːsld/ /ˈpɑːrsld/ |
| (US English) past simple parceled | /ˈpɑːsld/ /ˈpɑːrsld/ |
| (US English) past participle parceled | /ˈpɑːsld/ /ˈpɑːrsld/ |
| -ing form parcelling | /ˈpɑːslɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrslɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form parceling | /ˈpɑːslɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrslɪŋ/ |
- parcel something (up) to wrap something up and make it into a parcel
- She parcelled up the books to send.
Word Originlate Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’.Want to learn more?
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