"beath" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /biːð/ Forms: beaths [present, singular, third-person], beathing [participle, present], beathed [participle, past], beathed [past]
Rhymes: -iːð Etymology: From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bethen}} Middle English bethen, {{inh|en|ang|beþian}} Old English beþian, {{m|ang|beþigean}} beþigean, {{m|ang|beþþan}} beþþan, {{m|ang|bæþþan|t=to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe}} bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*baþþjan}} Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, {{m|gmw-pro|*baþigōn}} *baþigōn, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₁-|t=to warm}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”), {{cog|dum|betten}} Middle Dutch betten, {{m|dum|bessen|t=to moisten with hot water, humidify}} bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} beath (third-person singular simple present beaths, present participle beathing, simple past and past participle beathed)
  1. (transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-beath-en-verb-HXKUqY1z
  2. (transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beath-en-verb-lj4-~RVC

Inflected forms

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        "To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it."
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        "(transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it."
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        "To bathe (with warm liquid); foment."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it."
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    }
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