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bighted

bighted is the simple past and past participle of bight.

Meaning of bight

Verb

bight (third-person singular simple present bights, present participle bighting, simple past and past participle bighted)

  1. (transitive) To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.

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Questions about bighted

What is bighted the simple past and past participle of?
Bighted is the simple past and past participle of bight.

Words near bighted in the dictionary

  1. bighouse
  2. bighouses
  3. bight
  4. Bight of Benin
  5. Bight of Biafra
  6. bighted
  7. bighting
  8. bights
  9. bigified
  10. bigifies
  11. bigify

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