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STENCIL
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Irregular inflected forms: stencilled , stencilling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stencil" is a kind of...):
flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)
Derivation:
stencil (mark or print with a stencil)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they stencil ... he / she / it stencils
Past simple: stenciled /stencilled
Past participle: stenciled /stencilled
-ing form: stenciling /stencilling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mark or print with a stencil
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "stencil" is one way to...):
print (make into a print)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stencil (a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below)
