MEANING
Decorate or cover something with small, sparkling spots or ornaments.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- spangle a costume
- stars spangle the sky
On the page
Tiny lights spangled the courtyard after dusk.
Word forms
- Base
- spangle
- Past tense
- spangled
- Past participle
- spangled
- Present participle
- spangling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- spangle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are spangling
- Present perfect
- have/has spangled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been spangling
- Past
- spangled
- Past continuous
- was/were spangling
- Past perfect
- had spangled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been spangling
- Future
- will spangle
- Future continuous
- will be spangling
- Future perfect
- will have spangled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been spangling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: spangle; spangles; spangled; spangled; spangling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: spangles.
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