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encoop

encoop verb: to confine in a coop.

Verb

encoop (third-person singular simple present encoops, present participle encooping, simple past and past participle encooped)

  1. (transitive) To confine in a coop.
    • While Mr. Wallace assisted the mother of the lay-reader, Ambrosio, to encoop a brood of chickens, […]1925, A. S. C. Forbes, California Missions and Landmarks: El Camino Real, page 132

Forms of encoop

third-person singular presentencoops
present participleencooping
past participleencooped
pastencooped

Origin of encoop

From en- + coop.

Questions about encoop

What does encoop mean?
Encoop means to confine in a coop.
What part of speech is encoop?
Encoop is a verb.
What is the past tense of encoop?
The past tense of encoop is encooped.

Words near encoop in the dictionary

  1. encompasseth
  2. encompassing
  3. encompassingly
  4. encompassment
  5. encompassments
  6. encoop
  7. encooped
  8. encooping
  9. encoops
  10. encopreses
  11. encopresis

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