DIBBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dibble mean? 

• DIBBLE (noun)
  The noun DIBBLE has 1 sense:

1. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs

  Familiarity information: DIBBLE used as a noun is very rare.

• DIBBLE (verb)
  The verb DIBBLE has 2 senses:

1. plant with a wooden hand tool

2. make a hole with a wooden hand tool

  Familiarity information: DIBBLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIBBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dibber; dibble

Hypernyms ("dibble" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Derivation:

dibble (make a hole with a wooden hand tool)

dibble (plant with a wooden hand tool)

• DIBBLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dibble    ... he / she / it dibbles   
Past simple: dibbled   
Past participle: dibbled   
-ing form: dibbling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant with a wooden hand tool

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

dibble Spring bulbs

Hypernyms (to "dibble" is one way to...):

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dibble (a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a hole with a wooden hand tool

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

dibble the ground

Hypernyms (to "dibble" is one way to...):

dig; dig out (create by digging)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dibble (a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs)