hammer

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

hammers

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

hammer

past (v2)

hammered

past participle (v3)

hammered

present participle

hammering

3rd person singular

hammers

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

   • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
   • Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left.

2. 2.The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

3. 3.In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.

4. 4.The act of using a hammer to hit something.

   • The nail is too loose, give it a hammer.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To emphasize a point repeatedly.

2. 2.To hit particularly hard.

3. 3.To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

   • Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
   • Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.

4. 4.To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.

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