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embarn

embarn verb: to lay up in a barn.

Verb

embarn (third-person singular simple present embarns, present participle embarning, simple past and past participle embarned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • The harvest this year was very late, but having beautiful weather for it, we accomplished it in quick time; I began to reap on the 4th Sept. and finished 109 acres of wheat, together with other grain, which was embarned in 24 days.1836, John Mockett, Mockett's Journal, page 69

Forms of embarn

third-person singular presentembarns
present participleembarning
past participleembarned
pastembarned

Origin of embarn

From em- + barn.

Questions about embarn

What does embarn mean?
Embarn means to lay up in a barn.
What part of speech is embarn?
Embarn is a verb.
What is the past tense of embarn?
The past tense of embarn is embarned.

Words near embarn in the dictionary

  1. embarking
  2. embarkings
  3. embarkment
  4. embarkments
  5. embarks
  6. embarn
  7. embarned
  8. embarning
  9. embarns
  10. embarras
  11. embarrased

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