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behung

behung adjective: draped; ornamented with something hanging. Also the simple past and past participle of behang.

Adjective

behung (comparative more behung, superlative most behung)

  1. Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
    • a horse behung with trappings

Also used as

behung is also the simple past and past participle of behang.

Forms of behung

comparativemore behung
superlativemost behung

Origin of behung

Past participle of behang (“to hang around or about, drape, adorn”), equivalent to be- + hung.

Questions about behung

What does behung mean?
Behung means draped; ornamented with something hanging.
What part of speech is behung?
Behung is an adjective.

Words near behung in the dictionary

  1. Behrug
  2. behue
  3. behues
  4. behuing
  5. Behun
  6. behung
  7. Behunin
  8. Behunins
  9. behvarz
  10. behvarze
  11. behvarzes

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