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to creel

to creel

1 9.9
To put caught fish into a basket
  • verb
  • /kril/
  • Specialized
: meter en la cesta
  • Amaranth pushed at her, urgently creeling her hunger.

Examples

  • After catching several trout, he decided to creel them until he reached the campsite.

  • The skilled angler carefully creeled the fish he had caught earlier in the day.

  • Once they finished fishing, they creeled their catch and headed back to the lodge.

Surface Forms

creel infinitive
creeled past
creeled past participle
creeling present participle
creels third person singular

Etymology

Creel comes from the same old word for a 'basket' for fish, so to creel fish simply means to put the caught fish into that basket.