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zithered

zithered is the simple past and past participle of zither.

Meaning of zither

Verb

zither (third-person singular simple present zithers, present participle zithering, simple past and past participle zithered)

  1. To play a zither.
    • […] the fluting began again. Not alone this time, but, to Rosalie’s infinite surprise, accompanied on a zither. […] At this moment the fluting and zithering began again.1892, Edmund Gosse, chapter 3, in The Secret of Narcisse, New York: United States Book Company, page 100,102
  2. To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.
    • Now [the wind] swithered through the badly-fixed windows, making zithering sounds as of an army of cold and frozen-out mosquitoes […]c. 1890, May Ostlere, Dead! London: Trischler, Chapter 3, p. 76

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Questions about zithered

What is zithered the simple past and past participle of?
Zithered is the simple past and past participle of zither.

Words near zithered in the dictionary

  1. zite
  2. zitface
  3. zitfaced
  4. zitfaces
  5. zither
  6. zithered
  7. zithering
  8. zitherist
  9. zitherists
  10. zitherlike
  11. zithern

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