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PEBBLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small smooth rounded rock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("pebble" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Derivation:
pebbly (abounding in small stones)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pebble
Context examples:
Then there were the pebbles and stones that turned under him when he trod upon them; and from them he came to know that the things not alive were not all in the same state of stable equilibrium as was his cave—also, that small things not alive were more liable than large things to fall down or turn over.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I then thanked him heartily; and said, with a consciousness of reddening, that I supposed little Em'ly was altered too, since we used to pick up shells and pebbles on the beach?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and discoloured metal and several dull-coloured pieces of pebble or glass.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His braced fore paws dislodged a pebble, and with sharp-pricked ears and peering eyes he watched the fall of the pebble till it struck at their feet.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
And when the full moon had risen, Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces, and showed them the way.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Besides, said Em'ly, as she looked about for shells and pebbles, your father was a gentleman and your mother is a lady; and my father was a fisherman and my mother was a fisherman's daughter, and my uncle Dan is a fisherman.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
These are far better than pebbles! said Hansel, and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in, and Gretel said: I, too, will take something home with me, and filled her pinafore full.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The idea of being again surrounded by those honest faces, shining welcome on me; of renewing the peacefulness of the sweet Sunday morning, when the bells were ringing, the stones dropping in the water, and the shadowy ships breaking through the mist; of roaming up and down with little Em'ly, telling her my troubles, and finding charms against them in the shells and pebbles on the beach; made a calm in my heart.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When the old folks were asleep, Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door, and Hansel could not get out.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
