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bletch

/blɛt͡ʃ/

bletch verb: to blacken; to dirty or soil.

Verb

bletch (third-person singular simple present bletches, present participle bletching, simple past and past participle bletched)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To blacken; to dirty or soil.

Noun

bletch (plural bletches)

  1. (dialectal) Anything that has been blackened or dirtied.

Forms of bletch

Verb
third-person singular presentbletches
present participlebletching
past participlebletched
pastbletched
Noun
pluralbletches

Origin of bletch

Probably a blend of bleck + blatch.

Questions about bletch

What does bletch mean?
Bletch means to blacken; to dirty or soil.
What part of speech is bletch?
Bletch can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce bletch?
Bletch is pronounced /blɛt͡ʃ/.
What is the past tense of bletch?
The past tense of bletch is bletched.

Words near bletch in the dictionary

  1. blessure
  2. blessworthy
  3. blessèd
  4. blest
  5. blet
  6. bletch
  7. bletcherous
  8. bletches
  9. Bletchingdon
  10. Bletchingley
  11. Bletchley

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