(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food.
Season with salt and ~.
...freshly ground black ~.
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2.
A ~, or in American English a bell ~, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
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3.
If something is ~ed with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it.
He was wounded in both legs and severely ~ed with shrapnel...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n
4.
If something is ~ed with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it.
While her English was correct, it was ~ed with French phrases...
Yachts ~ed the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay.
VERB: be V-ed with n, V n