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birched

birched is the simple past and past participle of birch.

Meaning of birch

Verb

birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)

  1. (transitive) To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. (transitive) To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
    • That the morrow would see us arraigned 'fore the Head
      And probably birched with a willow1902, M. M. Read, “The Midnight Feast”, in The Boy's Own Annual, volume 25, page 63

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Questions about birched

What is birched the simple past and past participle of?
Birched is the simple past and past participle of birch.

Words near birched in the dictionary

  1. Birchard
  2. Birchards
  3. birchbark
  4. birchbarks
  5. Birchden
  6. birched
  7. birchen
  8. bircher
  9. Bircher muesli
  10. Bircher mueslis
  11. birchers

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