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squint

/skwɪnt/ /skwɪnt/
  1. 1 gözlerini kısmak
  2. 2 parlak ışık veya zayıf görme yüzünden gözlerini kısarak bakmak

Definition (English)

  1. to look at something with your eyes partly closed
  2. to look with eyes partly closed because of bright light or poor vision

Example Sentences

  1. She squinted in the bright sun.
    Parlak güneşte gözlerini kıstı.
  2. He squinted at the small print.
    Küçük yazıya bakmak için gözlerini kıstı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base squint
/skwɪnt/
Past squinted
/skwɪntɪd/
Participle squinted
/skwɪntɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edsquint → squinted

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /t/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. squinted /skwɪntɪd/

Synonyms

peernarrow one's eyeslook closely

Antonyms

Collocations

squint atsquint to seesquint in the sunsquinting eyes

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