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ENSILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ensile mean?
• ENSILE (verb)
The verb ENSILE has 1 sense:
1. store in a silo
Familiarity information: ENSILE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they ensile ... he / she / it ensiles
Past simple: ensiled
Past participle: ensiled
-ing form: ensiling
... he / she / it ensiles Past simple: ensiled
Past participle: ensiled
-ing form: ensiling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Store in a silo
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
ensile fodder for the cows
Hypernyms (to "ensile" is one way to...):
store (find a place for and put away for storage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
ensilage (fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo)
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