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pepper

გამოთქმა: /ˈpɛpə/

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Universal
  • 1 [mass noun] a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food: season to taste with salt and pepper
  • a reddish hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum.
  • 2a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
  • 3a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns.
    • Piper nigrum, family Piperaceae
  • used in names of other plants which are related or similar to the pepper, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper.
  • Piper nigrum, family Piperaceae
  • 4 Baseball a practice game in which a fielder throws at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielder: he liked to play pepper

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 (usually as adjective peppered) sprinkle or season (food) with pepper:peppered beef
  • 2 (usually be peppered with) cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items:the script is peppered with four-letter words
  • hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot:another burst of enemy bullets peppered his defenceless body
  • archaic inflict severe punishment or suffering upon: if he finds out my haunts he swears he’ll pepper me

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