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farrowed

farrowed is the simple past and past participle of farrow.

Meaning of farrow

Verb

farrow (third-person singular simple present farrows, present participle farrowing, simple past and past participle farrowed)

  1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
    • The members of a particular family refuse to eat pig, because they owe their existence to a sow, which farrowed babies and little pigs at the same birth.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 36

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Questions about farrowed

What is farrowed the simple past and past participle of?
Farrowed is the simple past and past participle of farrow.

Words near farrowed in the dictionary

  1. farro
  2. Farrokhnia
  3. Farron
  4. farros
  5. farrow
  6. farrowed
  7. farrower
  8. farrowers
  9. farroweth
  10. farrowing
  11. farrowings

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