"tallow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæləʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tallow.wav Forms: tallows [plural]
Rhymes: -æləʊ Etymology: From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|talow}} Middle English talow, {{inh|en|ang|*tealh}} Old English *tealh, {{cog|ang|tælg}} Old English tælg, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*talg}} Proto-West Germanic *talg, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*talgaz}} Proto-Germanic *talgaz, {{cog|nl|talg}} Dutch talg, {{cog|de|Talg}} German Talg, {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-|t=to flow}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”), {{cog|mga|delt|t=dew}} Middle Irish delt (“dew”), {{cog|xcl|տեղ|t=heavy rain}} Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tallow (countable and uncountable, plural tallows)
  1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fats and oils Derived forms: Japan tallow, mountain tallow, tallow-faced, tallow gourd, tallow tree, tallow wood, tallow-wood Translations (hard animal fat obtained): ճարպ (čarp) (Armenian), ճրագու (čragu) (Armenian), piy (Azerbaijani), gantz (Basque), са́ла (sála) [neuter] (Belarusian), лой (loj) (Bulgarian), сало (salo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sèu (Catalan), پیو (pîw) (Central Kurdish), 油脂 (yóuzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 牛脂 (niúzhī) (english: cow fat) (Chinese Mandarin), lůj [masculine] (Czech), talg [common-gender] (Danish), talg [masculine] (Dutch), sebo (Esperanto), rasv (Estonian), tálg [feminine] (Faroese), tali (Finnish), suif [masculine] (French), sêf [masculine] (Friulian), sêv [masculine] (Friulian), sebo [masculine] (Galician), Talg [masculine] (German), Rindertalg (english: beef) [masculine] (German), Hammeltalg (english: mutton) (German), Schöpsentalg (english: mutton) [masculine] (German), faggyú (Hungarian), tólg [feminine] (Icelandic), sego [masculine] (Italian), 獣脂 (jūshi) (alt: じゅうし) (Japanese), 牛脂 (gyūshi) (english: cow fat) (alt: ぎゅうし) (Japanese), ヘット (hetto) (Japanese), 수지 (suji) (Korean), sēbum [neuter] (Latin), łoj [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), ʔudaw̓ (Lushootseed), лој (loj) [masculine] (Macedonian), hinu hipi (note: from mutton) (Maori), talow (Middle English), talg [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), talg [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tolg [feminine] (Old Norse), پیه (Persian), lüj [masculine] (Polabian), łój [masculine] (Polish), sebo (Portuguese), са́ло (sálo) [neuter] (Russian), Ungel [masculine] (Saterland Frisian), ло̑ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȏj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sivu [masculine] (Sicilian), loj [masculine] (Slovak), loj [masculine] (Slovene), پیم (pîm) (Southern Kurdish), sebo [masculine] (Spanish), talg [common-gender] (Swedish), са́ло (sálo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), лій (lij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), seo [masculine] (Venetian), sef (Venetian), lepin (Volapük), pin (Volapük), piun (Volapük), pim (Volapük), jipalepin (english: mutton) (Volapük), jipapin (english: mutton) (Volapük), bubalepin (english: beef) (Volapük), bubapin (Volapük), kunapim (english: beef) (Volapük), shû [masculine] (Walloon)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈtæləʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tallow.wav Forms: tallows [present, singular, third-person], tallowing [participle, present], tallowed [participle, past], tallowed [past]
Rhymes: -æləʊ Etymology: From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|talow}} Middle English talow, {{inh|en|ang|*tealh}} Old English *tealh, {{cog|ang|tælg}} Old English tælg, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*talg}} Proto-West Germanic *talg, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*talgaz}} Proto-Germanic *talgaz, {{cog|nl|talg}} Dutch talg, {{cog|de|Talg}} German Talg, {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-|t=to flow}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”), {{cog|mga|delt|t=dew}} Middle Irish delt (“dew”), {{cog|xcl|տեղ|t=heavy rain}} Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)
  1. To grease or smear with tallow. Categories (topical): Fats and oils Translations (to grease or smear with tallow): лои (loi) [masculine] (Macedonian), talowen (Middle English), ensebar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tallow-en-verb-NGKPNZlw Disambiguation of Fats and oils: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of 'to grease or smear with tallow': 98 2
  2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. Translations (to fatten): угоявам (ugojavam) (Bulgarian), лојоса (lojosa) [masculine] (Macedonian), engordar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tallow-en-verb-2u~9DcJ8 Disambiguation of 'to fatten': 3 97

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]\"",
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          "ref": "1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:",
          "text": "Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.",
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "hard animal fat obtained",
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    {
      "form": "tallows",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tallowing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tallowed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tallowed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grease or smear with tallow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grease",
          "grease"
        ],
        [
          "smear",
          "smear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to tallow sheep"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatten",
          "fatten"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæləʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tallow.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tallow.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tallow.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æləʊ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "loi",
      "sense": "to grease or smear with tallow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лои"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to grease or smear with tallow",
      "word": "talowen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grease or smear with tallow",
      "word": "ensebar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ugojavam",
      "sense": "to fatten",
      "word": "угоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lojosa",
      "sense": "to fatten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лојоса"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fatten",
      "word": "engordar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tallow"
  ],
  "word": "tallow"
}

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