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betrail

betrail verb: to trail over or about.

Verb

betrail (third-person singular simple present betrails, present participle betrailing, simple past and past participle betrailed)

  1. (transitive) To trail over or about.

Forms of betrail

third-person singular presentbetrails
present participlebetrailing
past participlebetrailed
pastbetrailed

Origin of betrail

From be- (“over, about”) + trail.

Questions about betrail

What does betrail mean?
Betrail means to trail over or about.
What part of speech is betrail?
Betrail is a verb.
What is the past tense of betrail?
The past tense of betrail is betrailed.

Words near betrail in the dictionary

  1. betowelled
  2. betows
  3. betoxycaine
  4. betpakdalite
  5. betrack
  6. betrail
  7. betrailed
  8. betrailing
  9. betrample
  10. betrap
  11. betrash

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