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betail

betail verb: to furnish with a tail.

Verb

betail (third-person singular simple present betails, present participle betailing, simple past and past participle betailed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a tail.
    • betailed and bepowered
  2. (humorous, transitive) To take the tail off.

Forms of betail

third-person singular presentbetails
present participlebetailing
past participlebetailed
pastbetailed

Origin of betail

From be- + tail.

Questions about betail

What does betail mean?
Betail means to furnish with a tail.
What part of speech is betail?
Betail is a verb.
What is the past tense of betail?
The past tense of betail is betailed.

Words near betail in the dictionary

  1. betaherpesvirus
  2. betaherpesviruses
  3. betahistine
  4. betahypovirus
  5. betahypoviruses
  6. betail
  7. betain
  8. betaine
  9. betaines
  10. betaing
  11. betaish

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