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beetled
We have found lemma(root) word of beetled : beetle.
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[ˈbiːtl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen
- a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled
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Origin
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Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’
[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make one's way hurriedly
(e.g: the tourist beetled off)
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Origin
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Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’
[ˈbiːtl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, etc.
- a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers
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Origin
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Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat
[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- ram or crush with a beetle
(e.g: she stood in a shed, beetling grain for the fowl)
- finish (cloth) with a beetle
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Origin
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Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat
[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging
(e.g: his eyebrows beetled with irritation)
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Origin
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mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers
[ˈbiːtl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting
(e.g: thick beetle brows)
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Origin
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mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers
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