pattered
past simple and past participle ofpatter
patter
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈpæt.ər/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚ/to make thesoundof a lot of thingsgentlyandrepeatedlyhittingasurface:
Iheardtherainpatteragainst/onthewindow.
We couldhearmicepatteringabout/aroundlookingforfood.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofpattered
pattered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I do not want to crawl over the details of the argument that has raged orpatteredabout for the last few weeks.
From the
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The timbering is painted black while the panels consist ofpatteredbrickwork.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His little feet oftenpattered; and the beams of this ceiling...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Drawings of garments were one of his chief characteristics; he liked to depictedpatteredand fringed clothing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was changed c.2008 to three red,patteredcurves overlapping each at the bottom of the screen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each of the paintings was used as the centrepiece of a larger area that was richly decorated with birds, small animals, and garlands of flowers on apatteredbackground.
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- perceived competence
- perceived conflict
- perceived control
- perceived cost
- perceived danger
- perceived difficulty
- perceived effectiveness
- perceived failure
- perceived fairness
- perceived flaw
- perceived gap
- perceived importance
- perceived injustice
- perceived lack
- perceived legitimacy
- perceived loss
- perceived need
- perceived quality
- perceived risk
- perceived severity
- perceived similarity
- perceived stress
- perceived success
- perceived support
- perceived threat