"bethatch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bethatches [present, singular, third-person], bethatching [participle, present], bethatched [participle, past], bethatched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bithecchen, from Old English beþeċċan (“to cover; protect; cover over; conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- + thatch. Cognate with Dutch bedekken (“to cover”), German bedecken (“to cover”). More at its doublet bedeck. Alteration in vowel after Middle English perhaps due to thatch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bithecchen}} Middle English bithecchen, {{inh|en|ang|beþeċċan|t=to cover; protect; cover over; conceal}} Old English beþeċċan (“to cover; protect; cover over; conceal”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*biþakkjan}} Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, {{prefix|en|be|thatch}} be- + thatch, {{cog|nl|bedekken|t=to cover}} Dutch bedekken (“to cover”), {{cog|de|bedecken|t=to cover}} German bedecken (“to cover”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bethatch (third-person singular simple present bethatches, present participle bethatching, simple past and past participle bethatched), {{tlb|en|now|_|uncommon}} (now uncommon)
  1. (transitive) To cover with thatch; to thatch. Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-bethatch-en-verb-RJ6OAQSu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. (transitive, by extension, humorous, nonce word) To cover with hair. Tags: broadly, humorous, nonce-word, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-bethatch-en-verb-6Ro8yoI2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bithecche [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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