pencil
verb/ˈpensl/
/ˈpensl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pencil | /ˈpensl/ /ˈpensl/ |
| he / she / it pencils | /ˈpenslz/ /ˈpenslz/ |
| past simple pencilled | /ˈpensld/ /ˈpensld/ |
| past participle pencilled | /ˈpensld/ /ˈpensld/ |
| (US English) past simple penciled | /ˈpensld/ /ˈpensld/ |
| (US English) past participle penciled | /ˈpensld/ /ˈpensld/ |
| -ing form pencilling | /ˈpenslɪŋ/ /ˈpenslɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form penciling | /ˈpenslɪŋ/ /ˈpenslɪŋ/ |
- pencil something to write, draw or mark something with a pencil
- a pencilled portrait
- A previous owner had pencilled ‘First Edition’ inside the book's cover.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a fine paintbrush): from Old French pincel, from a diminutive of Latin peniculus ‘brush’, diminutive of penis ‘tail’. The verb was originally (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘paint with a fine brush’.
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