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chalken

chalken verb: to make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk.

Verb

chalken (third-person singular simple present chalkens, present participle chalkening, simple past and past participle chalkened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk
    • When he was half way to the vine-covered porch, the screen door opened quickly and Justina stepped forth. One look at her chalkened face served to inform the young physician that she was frightened.1921, Medical Pickwick, volume 7, page 13
    • The group moved away from the main windows lest an observer psyche out their plot. The terror began to chalken Candy's face.1979, Donald Thompson, Ancient Enemy, page 87

Forms of chalken

third-person singular presentchalkens
present participlechalkening
past participlechalkened
pastchalkened

Origin of chalken

From chalk + -en (verbal suffix).

Questions about chalken

What does chalken mean?
Chalken means to make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk.
What part of speech is chalken?
Chalken is a verb.
What is the past tense of chalken?
The past tense of chalken is chalkened.

Words near chalken in the dictionary

  1. chalked off
  2. chalked out
  3. chalked something up to experience
  4. chalked up
  5. chalked up to
  6. chalken
  7. chalkened
  8. chalkening
  9. chalkens
  10. chalker
  11. chalkers

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