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bewave

bewave verb: to shield; hide.

Verb (1)

bewave (third-person singular simple present bewaves, present participle bewaving, simple past and past participle bewaved)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To shield; hide.
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To lay wait for; overpower by means of some base stratagem.

Verb (2)

bewave (third-person singular simple present bewaves, present participle bewaving, simple past and past participle bewaved)

  1. (intransitive) To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away.
  2. (Scotland, intransitive) To wander or waver.

Forms of bewave

third-person singular presentbewaves
present participlebewaving
past participlebewaved
pastbewaved

Origin of bewave

From Middle English biweven, biwǣven, from Old English bewǣfan (“to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe”).

From be- + wave.

Questions about bewave

What does bewave mean?
Bewave means to shield; hide.
What part of speech is bewave?
Bewave is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewave?
The past tense of bewave is bewaved.

Words near bewave in the dictionary

  1. bewatch
  2. bewater
  3. bewatered
  4. bewatering
  5. bewaters
  6. bewave
  7. bewaves
  8. bewaving
  9. beway
  10. beways
  11. bewb

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