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brawned

brawned is the simple past and past participle of brawn.

Meaning of brawn

Verb

brawn (third-person singular simple present brawns, present participle brawning, simple past and past participle brawned)

  1. (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
  2. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.

See all 7 meanings of brawn

Adjective

brawned (comparative more brawned, superlative most brawned)

  1. (obsolete) brawny; strong; muscular
    • mighty brawned bowrs1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of brawned

comparativemore brawned
superlativemost brawned

Words formed from brawned

  • brawnedness

Questions about brawned

What does brawned mean?
Brawned means brawny; strong; muscular.
What is brawned the simple past and past participle of?
Brawned is the simple past and past participle of brawn.
What part of speech is brawned?
Brawned is an adjective.

Words near brawned in the dictionary

  1. brawlings
  2. brawls
  3. brawlsome
  4. brawly
  5. brawn
  6. brawned
  7. brawner
  8. brawners
  9. brawnier
  10. brawniest
  11. brawnily

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