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whorf

UK/wɔːf/US/woɹf/

whorf is the simple past of wharve.

Meaning of wharve

Verb

wharve (third-person singular simple present wharves, present participle wharving, simple past wharved or whorf, past participle wharved or whorf or whorven)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
    • It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.1898, “Junda” Klingrahoolː

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Proper noun capitalized: Whorf

Whorf (plural Whorfs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of whorf

pluralWhorfs

Words formed from whorf

Words that rhyme with whorf

Questions about whorf

What does whorf mean?
Whorf means a surname.
What is whorf the simple past of?
Whorf is the simple past of wharve.
What part of speech is whorf?
Whorf is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce whorf?
Whorf is pronounced /woɹf/ (US).

Words near whorf in the dictionary

  1. whoreshits
  2. whoresome
  3. whoreson
  4. whoresons
  5. whorey
  6. whorf
  7. Whorfian
  8. Whorfianism
  9. Whorfs
  10. whorier
  11. whoriest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whorf (page history and authors); Whorf (page history and authors); wharve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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