peck
verb (used with object)
to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
have pecked
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present perfectof peck.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The chickens are fenced off in a section of that pasture until they have pecked the grass down to dirt; then they are moved to another section.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2015
Already four little baby kingfishers have pecked their way out of the white shells.
From Stories of Birds by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
“They have pecked her so that she can hardly rise,” exclaimed the parrot fairy.
From Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow
"Perhaps so; but we must hurry or the others will have pecked it to bits."
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap
And she pressed against the wire netting of her pen and stuck her head through it as far as she could, as if she would have pecked Henrietta had she been able to.
From The Tale of Henrietta Hen by Harry L. Smith
