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scoved

scoved is the simple past and past participle of scove.

Meaning of scove

Verb

scove (third-person singular simple present scoves, present participle scoving, simple past and past participle scoved)

  1. (transitive) To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.

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Adjective

scoved (comparative more scoved, superlative most scoved)

  1. (UK, dialectal) smeared; blotched
    Synonyms:
    scovy

Synonyms of scoved

  • scovy

Forms of scoved

comparativemore scoved
superlativemost scoved

Questions about scoved

What does scoved mean?
Scoved means smeared; blotched.
What is scoved the simple past and past participle of?
Scoved is the simple past and past participle of scove.
What part of speech is scoved?
Scoved is an adjective.

Words near scoved in the dictionary

  1. scoutwatches
  2. scouty
  3. scovan
  4. scovans
  5. scove
  6. scoved
  7. scovel
  8. Scovell
  9. scovels
  10. scoves
  11. Scovil

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scoved (page history and authors); scove (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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