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scrowge

scrowge verb: to encroach on the space of another.

Verb

scrowge (third-person singular simple present scrowges, present participle scrowging, simple past and past participle scrowged)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To encroach on the space of another.
    • Dad he knows the cod, an' the Fleet they know Dad knows. 'See 'em comm' up one by one, lookin' fer nothin' in particular, o' course, but scrowgin' on us all the time?1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Forms of scrowge

third-person singular presentscrowges
present participlescrowging
past participlescrowged
pastscrowged

Questions about scrowge

What does scrowge mean?
Scrowge means to encroach on the space of another.
What part of speech is scrowge?
Scrowge is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrowge?
The past tense of scrowge is scrowged.

Words near scrowge in the dictionary

  1. scrow
  2. scrowdge
  3. scrowdged
  4. scrowdges
  5. scrowdging
  6. scrowge
  7. scrowged
  8. scrowges
  9. scrowging
  10. scrowl
  11. scrowled

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