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flemished

flemished is the simple past and past participle of flemish.

Meaning of flemish

Verb

flemish (third-person singular simple present flemishes, present participle flemishing, simple past and past participle flemished)

  1. (transitive) Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.
    • In about twenty minutes, after the messenger had been stowed away, the cables coiled in the tiers, and the ropes flemished down on deck, the captain made his appearance, and directed the first-lieutenant to send aft the newly impressed men.1832, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XI, in Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service. […], volume I, London: James Cochrane and Co., […], →OCLC, page 138

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Questions about flemished

What is flemished the simple past and past participle of?
Flemished is the simple past and past participle of flemish.

Words near flemished in the dictionary

  1. Flemish Giants
  2. Flemish horse
  3. Flemish horses
  4. Flemish Sign Language
  5. Flemish stitch
  6. flemished
  7. flemishes
  8. flemishing
  9. Flemishization
  10. Flemishize
  11. Flemishized

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