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cwtched

cwtched is the simple past and past participle of cwtch.

Meaning of cwtch

Verb

cwtch (third-person singular simple present cwtches, present participle cwtching, simple past and past participle cwtched)

  1. (Wales) To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.
  2. (Wales) To crouch or lie (down).
    • A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.2014, Alan Meats, “Toffee Dabs and Doughboys”, in Valley Boy Goes West: Memoirs of a Parish Priest, Guildford, Surrey: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, →ISBN, pages 1–2

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Questions about cwtched

What is cwtched the simple past and past participle of?
Cwtched is the simple past and past participle of cwtch.

Words near cwtched in the dictionary

  1. Cwrt Sart
  2. CWS
  3. cwt
  4. cwt.
  5. cwtch
  6. cwtched
  7. cwtches
  8. cwtching
  9. CWTs
  10. cwtsh
  11. cwtshed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cwtched (page history and authors); cwtch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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