bedrip
bedrip verb: to drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
Verb
bedrip (third-person singular simple present bedrips, present participle bedripping, simple past and past participle bedripped)
- To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
- "And bold Aneurim, all bedripped with gore Bursting by force from the beleaguered glen, Arrogant, haughty, fierce, of fiery mood, Not meek and mean, as Gray misunderstood. […]"1825, Thomas Gray, The works of Thomas Gray
- Wine shall break in sparkles o'er our lips bedripping; We are wise, and know we're by it gladden'd!1851, Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt, translated by Richard Waddington, The morning-land
Noun
bedrip (plural bedrips)
Forms of bedrip
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bedrips |
| present participle | bedripping |
| past participle | bedripped |
| past | bedripped |
| Noun | |
| plural | bedrips |
| alternative form | bederup |
| alternative form | bederepe |
| alternative form | bidrepe |
Origin of bedrip
From be- (“on, about, all over”) + drip.
From Middle English bedrip, from Old English bedrīp (“compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, the reaping of corn on request”), from a compound of bed (“prayer, supplication, religious ordinance, service”) + rīp (“reaping, harvest”). More at bead, reap.
Questions about bedrip
- What does bedrip mean?
- Bedrip means to drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
- What part of speech is bedrip?
- Bedrip can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of bedrip?
- The past tense of bedrip is bedripped.
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