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barmed

barmed is the simple past and past participle of barm.

Meaning of barm

Verb

barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To spurge; foam

See all 5 meanings of barm

Adjective

barmed (comparative more barmed, superlative most barmed)

  1. frothy

Forms of barmed

comparativemore barmed
superlativemost barmed

Origin of barmed

From Middle English *bermed (found in unbermed (“unfermented; unleavened”)), from Old English ġebeormad (“leavened”), equivalent to barm + -ed.

Questions about barmed

What does barmed mean?
Barmed means frothy.
What is barmed the simple past and past participle of?
Barmed is the simple past and past participle of barm.
What part of speech is barmed?
Barmed is an adjective.

Words near barmed in the dictionary

  1. barmcloths
  2. barmecidal
  3. Barmecide
  4. Barmecide feast
  5. Barmecide feasts
  6. barmed
  7. Barmedman
  8. barmen
  9. Barmer
  10. Barmera
  11. barmier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barmed (page history and authors); barm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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