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belimb

belimb verb: to cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure.

Verb

belimb (third-person singular simple present belimbs, present participle belimbing, simple past and past participle belimbed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure.

Forms of belimb

third-person singular presentbelimbs
present participlebelimbing
past participlebelimbed
pastbelimbed
alternative formbelim

Origin of belimb

From Middle English belimien (“to dismember”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + limb.

Questions about belimb

What does belimb mean?
Belimb means to cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure.
What part of speech is belimb?
Belimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of belimb?
The past tense of belimb is belimbed.

Words near belimb in the dictionary

  1. beliked
  2. belikely
  3. belikes
  4. beliking
  5. Beliliou
  6. belimb
  7. belimbed
  8. belimbing
  9. belimbings
  10. Belimbla Park
  11. belimbs

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