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bemuzzle

bemuzzle verb: to put a muzzle on.

Verb

bemuzzle (third-person singular simple present bemuzzles, present participle bemuzzling, simple past and past participle bemuzzled)

  1. (transitive) To put a muzzle on.
    • Animal control will capture and bemuzzle any stray dogs.

Forms of bemuzzle

third-person singular presentbemuzzles
present participlebemuzzling
past participlebemuzzled
pastbemuzzled

Origin of bemuzzle

From be- + muzzle.

Questions about bemuzzle

What does bemuzzle mean?
Bemuzzle means to put a muzzle on.
What part of speech is bemuzzle?
Bemuzzle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bemuzzle?
The past tense of bemuzzle is bemuzzled.

Words near bemuzzle in the dictionary

  1. bemuses
  2. bemusing
  3. bemusingly
  4. bemuslined
  5. bemustached
  6. bemuzzle
  7. bemuzzled
  8. bemuzzles
  9. bemuzzling
  10. ben
  11. Ben Bullen

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