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caulkcaulk (also calk American English) /kɔːk $ kɒːk/ verb [transitive] caulkOrigin: 1400-1500 Old North French cauquer ‘to press down with the feet’, from Latin calcare, from calx ‘heel’ VERB TABLEcaulk |
Present | I, you, we, they | caulk | | he, she, it | caulks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | caulked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have caulked | | he, she, it | has caulked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had caulked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will caulk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have caulked |
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Present | I | am caulking | | he, she, it | is caulking | | you, we, they | are caulking | Past | I, he, she, it | was caulking | | you, we, they | were caulking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been caulking | | he, she, it | has been caulking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been caulking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be caulking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been caulking |
- As a favor, the masons at the test site had said they would do the caulking of the mockup.
- The trouble was that the company that would eventually caulk and waterproof the building had not yet been appointed.
- You may need to make other repairs, such as repointing or replacing damaged wood, siding or masonry before you caulk.
to fill the holes or cracks in a ship with an oily or sticky substance in order to keep water out |