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sorn

UK/sɔːn/

sorn verb: to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

  1. (Scotland, dated, intransitive) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Noun capitalized: SORN

SORN (plural SORNs)

  1. (UK, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of statutory off-road notification.

Forms of sorn

Verb
third-person singular presentsorns
present participlesorning
past participlesorned
pastsorned
Noun
pluralSORNs

Origin of sorn

Perhaps from sojourn.

Words formed from sorn

Questions about sorn

What does sorn mean?
Sorn means to impose upon another for food and lodging.
What part of speech is sorn?
Sorn can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce sorn?
Sorn is pronounced /sɔːn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of sorn?
The past tense of sorn is sorned.

Words near sorn in the dictionary

  1. Sorkinism
  2. Sorkinisms
  3. Sorkins
  4. Sorley
  5. Sorleys
  6. sorn
  7. sorna
  8. sornai
  9. sornais
  10. sornas
  11. sorned

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