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forefooted

forefooted is the simple past and past participle of forefoot.

Meaning of forefoot

Verb

forefoot (third-person singular simple present forefoots, present participle forefooting, simple past and past participle forefooted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
  2. (transitive) To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.
    • He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 106

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Questions about forefooted

What is forefooted the simple past and past participle of?
Forefooted is the simple past and past participle of forefoot.

Words near forefooted in the dictionary

  1. foreflow
  2. foreflowed
  3. foreflowing
  4. foreflows
  5. forefoot
  6. forefooted
  7. forefooting
  8. forefoots
  9. foreform
  10. foreformed
  11. foreforming

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