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bookended

bookended is the simple past and past participle of bookend.

Meaning of bookend

Verb

bookend (third-person singular simple present bookends, present participle bookending, simple past and past participle bookended)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
    • Side one has good songs bookended by better songs.2006, Henry Owings, Patton Oswalt, The Overrated Book, →ISBN, page 105
    Synonyms:
    flank

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Questions about bookended

What is bookended the simple past and past participle of?
Bookended is the simple past and past participle of bookend.

Words near bookended in the dictionary

  1. booked off
  2. booked on
  3. booked solid
  4. booked up
  5. bookend
  6. bookended
  7. bookending
  8. bookends
  9. booker
  10. Booker Bay
  11. bookeries

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