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bethatching

bethatching is the present participle and gerund 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 bethatching

What is bethatching the present participle and gerund of?
Bethatching is the present participle and gerund of bethatch.

Words near bethatching in the dictionary

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

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