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wimple
wim·ple W0166400 (wĭm′pəl)n.1. A cloth wound around the head, framing the face, and drawn into folds beneath the chin, worn by women in medieval times and as part of the habit of certain orders of nuns.2. a. A fold or pleat in cloth.b. A ripple, as on the surface of water.c. A curve or bend.v. wim·pled, wim·pling, wim·ples v.tr.1. To cover with or dress in a wimple.2. To cause to form folds, pleats, or ripples.v.intr.1. Archaic To form or lie in folds.2. To ripple.
[Middle English wimpel, from Old English; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]wimple (ˈwɪmpəl) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a piece of cloth draped around the head to frame the face, worn by women in the Middle Ages and still a part of the habit of some nuns2. (Physical Geography) Scot a curve or bend, as in a rivervb3. rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate4. (Clothing & Fashion) (tr) archaic to cover with or put a wimple on5. (Clothing & Fashion) archaic (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats[Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil]wim•ple (ˈwɪm pəl)
n., v. -pled, -pling. n. 1. a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, esp. in the Middle Ages, and still in use by some nuns. 2. Chiefly Scot. a. a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth. b. a curve or bend, as in a road or river. v.t. 3. to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple. 4. to cause to ripple or undulate, as water. v.i. 5. to ripple. 6. Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river. 7. Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil. [before 1100; Middle English wimple, wimpel, Old English wimpel, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German wimpel, Old High German wimpal, Old Norse vimpill] wimple
Past participle: wimpled
Gerund: wimpling
| Present |
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| I wimple | | you wimple | | he/she/it wimples | | we wimple | | you wimple | | they wimple |
| Preterite |
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| I wimpled | | you wimpled | | he/she/it wimpled | | we wimpled | | you wimpled | | they wimpled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am wimpling | | you are wimpling | | he/she/it is wimpling | | we are wimpling | | you are wimpling | | they are wimpling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have wimpled | | you have wimpled | | he/she/it has wimpled | | we have wimpled | | you have wimpled | | they have wimpled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was wimpling | | you were wimpling | | he/she/it was wimpling | | we were wimpling | | you were wimpling | | they were wimpling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had wimpled | | you had wimpled | | he/she/it had wimpled | | we had wimpled | | you had wimpled | | they had wimpled |
| Future |
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| I will wimple | | you will wimple | | he/she/it will wimple | | we will wimple | | you will wimple | | they will wimple |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have wimpled | | you will have wimpled | | he/she/it will have wimpled | | we will have wimpled | | you will have wimpled | | they will have wimpled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be wimpling | | you will be wimpling | | he/she/it will be wimpling | | we will be wimpling | | you will be wimpling | | they will be wimpling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been wimpling | | you have been wimpling | | he/she/it has been wimpling | | we have been wimpling | | you have been wimpling | | they have been wimpling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been wimpling | | you will have been wimpling | | he/she/it will have been wimpling | | we will have been wimpling | | you will have been wimpling | | they will have been wimpling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been wimpling | | you had been wimpling | | he/she/it had been wimpling | | we had been wimpling | | you had been wimpling | | they had been wimpling |
| Conditional |
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| I would wimple | | you would wimple | | he/she/it would wimple | | we would wimple | | you would wimple | | they would wimple |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have wimpled | | you would have wimpled | | he/she/it would have wimpled | | we would have wimpled | | you would have wimpled | | they would have wimpled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | wimple - headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval womenheaddress, headgear - clothing for the head |
Translationswimple
wimple Scot a curve or bend, as in a river wimple
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