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luted

luted is the simple past and past participle of lute.

Meaning of lute

Verb (1)

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
    • Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Verb (2)

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.
    • To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 179

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Questions about luted

What is luted the simple past and past participle of?
Luted is the simple past and past participle of lute.

Words near luted in the dictionary

  1. luteal phases
  2. lutecia
  3. lutecian
  4. lutecite
  5. lutecium
  6. luted
  7. lutefish
  8. lutefishes
  9. lutefisk
  10. lutefisks
  11. luteic acid

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