(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something such as a box, bag, room, or place ~s things, those things are inside it.
The bag ~ed a Christmas card...
Factory shops ~ a wide range of cheap furnishings...
The 77,000-acre estate ~s five of the highest peaks in Scotland.
VERB: no cont, V n, V n, V n
2.
If a substance ~s something, that thing is a part of it.
Many cars run on petrol which ~s lead.
VERB: no cont, V n
3.
If writing, speech, or film ~s particular information, ideas, or images, it includes them.
This sheet ~ed a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor...
The two discs also ~ two of Britten’s lesser-known song-cycles.
VERB: no cont, V n, V n
4.
If a group or organization ~s a certain number of people, those are the people that are in it.
The committee ~s 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.
VERB: no cont, V n
5.
If you ~ something, you control it and prevent it from spreading or increasing.
More than a hundred firemen are still trying to ~ the fire at the plant...
VERB: V n
6.
If you cannot ~ a feeling such as excitement or anger, or if you cannot ~ yourself, you cannot prevent yourself from showing your feelings.
But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn’t ~ himself. ‘What are you going to do?’ he asked...
Evans could barely ~ his delight: ‘I’m so proud of her,’ he said.
VERB: V pron-refl, V n
7.
see also self-~ed