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flemishes

flemishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flemish.

flemishes is the plural 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 flemishes

What is flemishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flemishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flemish.

Words near flemishes in the dictionary

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

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