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sickered

sickered is the simple past and past participle of sicker.

Meaning of sicker

Verb

sicker (third-person singular simple present sickers, present participle sickering, simple past and past participle sickered)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive, literal) To percolate, trickle, or seep; to ooze, as water through a crack.
    • No drop of water fell from the hot blue
      Or sickered from the skeleton of earth.1917, Gerhart Hauptmann, Ludwig Lewisohn, The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, volume 7, page 185

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What is sickered the simple past and past participle of?
Sickered is the simple past and past participle of sicker.

Words near sickered in the dictionary

  1. sickeningly
  2. sickeningness
  3. sickenings
  4. sickens
  5. sicker
  6. sickered
  7. sickering
  8. sickerly
  9. sickerness
  10. sickers
  11. Sickert

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