tole
US/tol/
tole noun: a decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded. Also the obsolete form of toll.
Noun (1)
tole (uncountable)
Verb
tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)
- To entice; to allure or attract.
- It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
- And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible...1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52
Noun (2)
tole (plural toles)
- A tola (unit of mass).
Proper noun capitalized: Tole
Tole (plural Toles)
- A surname.
Also used as
tole is also the obsolete form of toll.
tole is also the simple past and past participle of tell.
Synonyms of tole
Forms of tole
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | toles |
| present participle | toling |
| past | toled |
| past participle | toled |
| past participle | tollen |
| alternative form | toll |
| Noun | |
| plural | toles |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Toles |
Origin of tole
From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).
See toll.
Questions about tole
- What does tole mean?
- Tole means a decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.
- What part of speech is tole?
- Tole can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tole?
- Tole is pronounced /tol/ (US).
- What is the plural of tole?
- The plural of tole is toles.
Words near tole in the dictionary
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