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chloroforms

chloroforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chloroform.

Meaning of chloroform

Verb

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

  1. (transitive) To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.
    • Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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Questions about chloroforms

What is chloroforms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chloroforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chloroform.

Words near chloroforms in the dictionary

  1. chloroformizations
  2. chloroformize
  3. chloroformized
  4. chloroformizes
  5. chloroformizing
  6. chloroforms
  7. chloroformyl
  8. chloroformyl-
  9. chlorofucin
  10. chlorofucine
  11. chlorogenase

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