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bedraggle

/bɪˈdɹæɡl̩/

bedraggle verb: to make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.

Verb

bedraggle (third-person singular simple present bedraggles, present participle bedraggling, simple past and past participle bedraggled)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.

bedraggle meaning in Urdu and Bengali

bedraggle in Urdu

مٹی, کیچڑ میں لتھڑنا, کیچڑ میں گھسیٹنا

bedraggle in Bengali

ভিজা ও নরম করা

Forms of bedraggle

third-person singular presentbedraggles
present participlebedraggling
past participlebedraggled
pastbedraggled

Origin of bedraggle

From be- + draggle.

Words formed from bedraggle

Questions about bedraggle

What does bedraggle mean?
Bedraggle means to make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.
What is bedraggle in Urdu?
Bedraggle in Urdu is مٹی, کیچڑ میں لتھڑنا, کیچڑ میں گھسیٹنا. See Bedraggle meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is bedraggle?
Bedraggle is a verb.
How do you pronounce bedraggle?
Bedraggle is pronounced /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bedraggle?
The past tense of bedraggle is bedraggled.

Words near bedraggle in the dictionary

  1. bedquilts
  2. bedrabble
  3. bedrabbled
  4. bedrabbles
  5. bedrabbling
  6. bedraggle
  7. bedraggled
  8. bedraggledly
  9. bedraggledness
  10. bedragglement
  11. bedragglements

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