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barned

barned is the simple past and past participle of barn.

Meaning of barn

Verb

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

  1. (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, line 859
    Synonyms:
    imbarn

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Questions about barned

What is barned the simple past and past participle of?
Barned is the simple past and past participle of barn.

Words near barned in the dictionary

  1. barndoors
  2. barndos
  3. Barndt
  4. Barndts
  5. barne
  6. barned
  7. Barnegat
  8. Barnegat Bay
  9. Barnehurst
  10. Barner
  11. Barners

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