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befrill

befrill verb: to provide or decorate with a frill.

Verb

befrill (third-person singular simple present befrills, present participle befrilling, simple past and past participle befrilled)

  1. (dated, transitive) To provide or decorate with a frill.

Forms of befrill

third-person singular presentbefrills
present participlebefrilling
past participlebefrilled
pastbefrilled

Origin of befrill

From be- + frill.

Questions about befrill

What does befrill mean?
Befrill means to provide or decorate with a frill.
What part of speech is befrill?
Befrill is a verb.
What is the past tense of befrill?
The past tense of befrill is befrilled.

Words near befrill in the dictionary

  1. befriendment
  2. befriendments
  3. befriends
  4. befrient
  5. befright
  6. befrill
  7. befrilled
  8. befrilling
  9. befrills
  10. befringe
  11. befringed

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