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ear-tag

ear-tag verb: to attach an ear tag to the ear of an animal.

Verb

ear-tag (third-person singular simple present ear-tags, present participle ear-tagging, simple past and past participle ear-tagged)

  1. to attach an ear tag to the ear of an animal.

Forms of ear-tag

third-person singular presentear-tags
present participleear-tagging
past participleear-tagged
pastear-tagged

Origin of ear-tag

Denominal verb of ear tag.

Questions about ear-tag

What does ear-tag mean?
Ear-tag means to attach an ear tag to the ear of an animal.
What part of speech is ear-tag?
Ear-tag is a verb.
What is the past tense of ear-tag?
The past tense of ear-tag is ear-tagged.

Words near ear-tag in the dictionary

  1. ear-shells
  2. ear-splitting
  3. ear-splittingly
  4. ear-spoon
  5. ear-spoons
  6. ear-tag
  7. ear-tagged
  8. ear-tagging
  9. ear-tags
  10. ear-trumpet
  11. ear-trumpets

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