fettle

Speech parts

1. fettle - Noun

2. fettle - Adjective

3. fettle - Verb

Meaning

To repair; to prepare; to put in order.

To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

The act of fettling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

constitution bloom form order state way energy health dress situation shape condition manner estate array
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Antonyms

queer damage destroy disorder ill corrupt
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Hypernyms

remove fitness get rid of physical fitness

Phrases with the word

in fine fettle be in fine fettle

Examples

Poor Felix Randal; How far from then forethought of, all thy more boisterous years, When thou at the random grim forge, powerful amidst peers, Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal! Gerard Manley Hopkins

in fine fettle Source: Internet

He said: “It was lovely to visit the Music Hall (for my Granite Noir event) and see it in such fine fettle. Source: Internet

Physically, she looks in better fettle than we have seen her for a while – a riposte to the theory that your physical conditioning declines in the late 30s. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Fettesian fetticus Fettig fettler fettling fettucce