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bethatches

bethatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bethatches

What is bethatches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bethatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bethatch.

Words near bethatches in the dictionary

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

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