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beferned

beferned adjective: covered in ferns.

Adjective

beferned (not comparable)

  1. Covered in ferns.
    • Approaching along a narrow, beferned side track, oozing moisture and dampness, you are led right into the bowels of one of the many giant potholes.2013, A. S. Goudie, R. Gardner, Discovering Landscape in England & Wales, page 158

Origin of beferned

From be- + fern + -ed.

Questions about beferned

What does beferned mean?
Beferned means covered in ferns.
What part of speech is beferned?
Beferned is an adjective.

Words near beferned in the dictionary

  1. befeathering
  2. befeathers
  3. befel
  4. befeld
  5. befell
  6. beferned
  7. befetished
  8. befetter
  9. befettered
  10. befettering
  11. befetters

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