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bemow

bemow verb: to mock or mock at, especially with grimaces.

Verb

bemow (third-person singular simple present bemows, present participle bemowing, simple past and past participle bemowed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mock or mock at, especially with grimaces.

Forms of bemow

third-person singular presentbemows
present participlebemowing
past participlebemowed
pastbemowed

Origin of bemow

From be- + mow (“a grimace”).

Questions about bemow

What does bemow mean?
Bemow means to mock or mock at, especially with grimaces.
What part of speech is bemow?
Bemow is a verb.
What is the past tense of bemow?
The past tense of bemow is bemowed.

Words near bemow in the dictionary

  1. bemoustached
  2. bemouth
  3. bemouthed
  4. bemouthing
  5. bemouths
  6. bemow
  7. bemows
  8. bemoysten
  9. bemoystened
  10. bemoystening
  11. bemoystens

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