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offbear

offbear verb: to carry off from the moulding-table and place on the ground to dry.

Verb

offbear (third-person singular simple present offbears, present participle offbearing, simple past offbore, past participle offborne)

  1. To carry off from the moulding-table and place on the ground to dry.

Forms of offbear

third-person singular presentoffbears
present participleoffbearing
pastoffbore
past participleoffborne
alternative formoff-bear

Origin of offbear

From off- + bear.

Words formed from offbear

  • offbearer

Questions about offbear

What does offbear mean?
Offbear means to carry off from the moulding-table and place on the ground to dry.
What part of speech is offbear?
Offbear is a verb.
What is the past tense of offbear?
The past tense of offbear is offbore.

Words near offbear in the dictionary

  1. offangled
  2. offangles
  3. offangling
  4. offbase
  5. offbeam
  6. offbear
  7. offbeat
  8. offbeatness
  9. offbeats
  10. offboard
  11. offboarded

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