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dry beaten

dry beaten is the simple past and past participle of dry beat.

Meaning of dry beat

Verb

dry beat (third-person singular simple present dry beats, present participle dry beating, simple past dry beat, past participle dry beaten)

  1. (archaic) To beat; to clobber; to thrash.
    • Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine / liues, that I meane to make bold withall, and as you shall / vse me hereafter dry beate the rest of the eight.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about dry beaten

What is dry beaten the simple past and past participle of?
Dry beaten is the simple past and past participle of dry beat.

Words near dry beaten in the dictionary

  1. dry bay
  2. dry bays
  3. dry bean
  4. dry beans
  5. dry beat
  6. dry beaten
  7. dry beating
  8. dry beats
  9. dry behind the ears
  10. dry beriberi
  11. dry biscuit

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