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Word: Sardine
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō ‘Sardinia’
sɑːˈdiːn
a young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish.
Short Definition:young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish
a children's game based on hide-and-seek, in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the hiding place until just one child remains.
Short Definition:children's game based on hide-and-seek, in which one child hides and other children, as they find hider
Word: Sardine
Speech Type: Verb
sɑːˈdiːn
pack closely together
Short Definition:pack closely together
Examples:- we sardined our dismantled bikes into the boot
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