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betallow

betallow verb: to cover with tallow.

Verb

betallow (third-person singular simple present betallows, present participle betallowing, simple past and past participle betallowed)

  1. (transitive) To cover with tallow.

Forms of betallow

third-person singular presentbetallows
present participlebetallowing
past participlebetallowed
pastbetallowed

Origin of betallow

From be- + tallow. Compare German betalgen (“to daub”).

Questions about betallow

What does betallow mean?
Betallow means to cover with tallow.
What part of speech is betallow?
Betallow is a verb.
What is the past tense of betallow?
The past tense of betallow is betallowed.

Words near betallow in the dictionary

  1. betalk
  2. betalked
  3. betalking
  4. betalks
  5. betall
  6. betallow
  7. betamax
  8. Betamaxed
  9. Betamaxes
  10. Betamaxing
  11. betameprodine

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