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starfished

starfished is the simple past and past participle of starfish.

Meaning of starfish

Verb

starfish (third-person singular simple present starfishes, present participle starfishing, simple past and past participle starfished)

  1. (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
    • "Oh you damn bastard, why won't you let anybody love you," and then, before I could stop her, she threw herself between us and the glowing suitcase, starfishing in the blaze of light as he blew up.1981, Kit Reed, Magic Time, page 229
    1. (intransitive) While floating on water
  2. (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
    • The sea roared up her nostrils, tunnelled into her ears, and flung her forward, then back, the current pulling her fingers apart, starfishing her hands.2011, Polly Williams, It Happened One Summer

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Questions about starfished

What is starfished the simple past and past participle of?
Starfished is the simple past and past participle of starfish.

Words near starfished in the dictionary

  1. Starfish site
  2. Starfish sites
  3. starfish wasting disease
  4. starfish-associated densovirus
  5. starfish-associated densoviruses
  6. starfished
  7. starfishes
  8. starfishing
  9. starfishlike
  10. starfleet
  11. starfleets

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