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blike

/blaɪk/

blike verb: to shine; gleam.

Verb

blike (third-person singular simple present blikes, present participle bliking, simple past bliked or bloke, past participle bliked or bloke or blicken)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To shine; gleam.

Forms of blike

third-person singular presentblikes
present participlebliking
pastbliked
pastbloke
past participlebliked
past participlebloke
past participleblicken

Origin of blike

From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick.

Words that rhyme with blike

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Questions about blike

What does blike mean?
Blike means to shine; gleam.
What part of speech is blike?
Blike is a verb.
How do you pronounce blike?
Blike is pronounced /blaɪk/.
What is the past tense of blike?
The past tense of blike is bliked.

Words near blike in the dictionary

  1. Blighty wounds
  2. Blijenberg
  3. blik
  4. blikanasaurid
  5. blikanasaurids
  6. blike
  7. bliked
  8. blikes
  9. bliking
  10. bliks
  11. bliksem

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