pepper
verb/ˈpepə(r)/
/ˈpepər/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pepper | /ˈpepə(r)/ /ˈpepər/ |
| he / she / it peppers | /ˈpepəz/ /ˈpepərz/ |
| past simple peppered | /ˈpepəd/ /ˈpepərd/ |
| past participle peppered | /ˈpepəd/ /ˈpepərd/ |
| -ing form peppering | /ˈpepərɪŋ/ /ˈpepərɪŋ/ |
- pepper something to put pepper on food
- peppered steak
- Salt and pepper the potatoes.
Word OriginOld English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.
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