Kilo Lingo

sneeze

/sniːz/

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Translation

To push air out of your nose and mouth suddenly with a loud noise.

Word origin

From Old English fneosan, meaning to sneeze.

Origin
Old English
Root
fneosan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (sneeze, sneezes, sneezed)

Examples

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Here "sneeze" means to push air out of your nose suddenly.

dust.

"Sneezes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Sneezed" is the past form of "sneeze".

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This word is part of lesson 16.