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bethatched

bethatched is the simple past and past participle of bethatch.

Meaning of bethatch

Verb

bethatch (third-person singular simple present bethatches, present participle bethatching, simple past and past participle bethatched)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To cover with thatch; to thatch.
    • Part it behind, like terrier's back, Bethatch the front like wheaten stack, […]1865, Richard Francis Burton (sir.), Stone talk
  2. (broadly, humorous, nonce-word, transitive, uncommon) To cover with hair.
    • Both are coolly intense, well bethatched, bell-bottomed and bespectacled.1969, Henry Robinson Luce, Gordon Parks, Life

Questions about bethatched

What is bethatched the simple past and past participle of?
Bethatched is the simple past and past participle of bethatch.

Words near bethatched in the dictionary

  1. bethanking
  2. bethanks
  3. Bethany
  4. Bethard
  5. bethatch
  6. bethatched
  7. bethatches
  8. bethatching
  9. Bethausen
  10. bethe
  11. Bethe formula

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