FETTLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A state of fitness and good health

Example:

in fine fettle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fettle" is a kind of...):

fitness; physical fitness (good physical condition; being in shape or in condition)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fettle ... he / she / it fettles

Past simple: fettled

Past participle: fettled

-ing form: fettling

Meaning:

Remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fettle" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something