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accloy

/əˈklɔɪ/

accloy verb: to drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.

Verb

accloy (third-person singular simple present accloys, present participle accloying, simple past and past participle accloyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To clog, clog up; to block.
    • At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii
  4. (archaic, transitive) To be disgusting to.

accloy meaning in Bengali

accloy in Bengali

খোঁড়া করা, অতিরিক্ত পূর্ণ করা, পরিপূর্ণ করে তোলা, অতিরিক্ত ঠাসা, বন্ধ করা, জ্যাম করা

Forms of accloy

third-person singular presentaccloys
present participleaccloying
past participleaccloyed
pastaccloyed

Origin of accloy

From Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, encloer (“to drive in a nail”), from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in- + clavus (“nail”).

Words that rhyme with accloy

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Questions about accloy

What does accloy mean?
Accloy means to drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
What is accloy in Bengali?
Accloy in Bengali is খোঁড়া করা, অতিরিক্ত পূর্ণ করা, পরিপূর্ণ করে তোলা. See Accloy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is accloy?
Accloy is a verb.
How do you pronounce accloy?
Accloy is pronounced /əˈklɔɪ/.
What is the past tense of accloy?
The past tense of accloy is accloyed.

Words near accloy in the dictionary

  1. acclive
  2. acclivities
  3. acclivitous
  4. acclivity
  5. acclivous
  6. accloy
  7. accloyed
  8. accloying
  9. accloys
  10. ACCME
  11. accoast

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