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silked

silked is the simple past and past participle of silk.

Meaning of silk

Verb

silk (third-person singular simple present silks, present participle silking, simple past and past participle silked)

  1. (intransitive) To develop silk.
  2. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
    • While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]2013, Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came, page 17

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Questions about silked

What is silked the simple past and past participle of?
Silked is the simple past and past participle of silk.

Words near silked in the dictionary

  1. silk-stocking
  2. silk-stocking milk tea
  3. silkaline
  4. silkalines
  5. silke
  6. silked
  7. silken
  8. silken tofu
  9. silken tofus
  10. Silken Windhound
  11. silkened

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