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chavelled

chavelled is the simple past and past participle of chavel.

Meaning of chavel

Verb

chavel (third-person singular simple present chavels, present participle chavelling, simple past and past participle chavelled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To chew.
    • The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter.1911, D. H. Lawrence, The White Peacock

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Questions about chavelled

What is chavelled the simple past and past participle of?
Chavelled is the simple past and past participle of chavel.

Words near chavelled in the dictionary

  1. chavdom
  2. chave
  3. chavel
  4. chavel-bone
  5. chavel-bones
  6. chavelled
  7. chavelling
  8. chavels
  9. chavender
  10. chavenders
  11. chaver

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