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dwallow

dwallow verb: to wither or fade, or become yellow or jaundiced.

Verb

dwallow (third-person singular simple present dwallows, present participle dwallowing, simple past and past participle dwallowed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, possibly) To wither or fade, or become yellow or jaundiced.
    • ... a flower dwallows, so does a sick and fading child.1864, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, The Lake Country, page 302
    • Sweet is this kiss as smell of dwallowed hay, / Or the fresh primrose on the first of May;1866, “Relph of Sebergham”, in The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland, page 23

Forms of dwallow

third-person singular presentdwallows
present participledwallowing
past participledwallowed
pastdwallowed

Questions about dwallow

What does dwallow mean?
Dwallow means to wither or fade, or become yellow or jaundiced.
What part of speech is dwallow?
Dwallow is a verb.
What is the past tense of dwallow?
The past tense of dwallow is dwallowed.

Words near dwallow in the dictionary

  1. Dwain
  2. dwale
  3. dwaled
  4. dwales
  5. dwaling
  6. dwallow
  7. dwallowed
  8. dwallows
  9. dwalm
  10. dwalmed
  11. dwalming

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