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bewallow

bewallow verb: to wallow around or about; wallow all over.

Verb

bewallow (third-person singular simple present bewallows, present participle bewallowing, simple past and past participle bewallowed)

  1. (intransitive) To wallow around or about; wallow all over.
    • We saw paths and narrow beds, trampled and bewallowed, in the mud of the marshes now and then, which were made by the alligators; then, after long stretches of cane-brake and of marsh and willows, we came upon the beauty of Gum Swamp.1886, Harper's magazine

Forms of bewallow

third-person singular presentbewallows
present participlebewallowing
past participlebewallowed
pastbewallowed

Origin of bewallow

From Middle English biwalwien, from Old English bewealwian (“to wallow, wallow around”), equivalent to be- + wallow.

Questions about bewallow

What does bewallow mean?
Bewallow means to wallow around or about; wallow all over.
What part of speech is bewallow?
Bewallow is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewallow?
The past tense of bewallow is bewallowed.

Words near bewallow in the dictionary

  1. bewailment
  2. bewailments
  3. bewails
  4. bewaistcoated
  5. bewake
  6. bewallow
  7. bewander
  8. bewandered
  9. bewandering
  10. bewanders
  11. beward

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