"bescrawl" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bescrawls [present, singular, third-person], bescrawling [participle, present], bescrawled [participle, past], bescrawled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: be- + scrawl Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|scrawl}} be- + scrawl Head templates: {{en-verb}} bescrawl (third-person singular simple present bescrawls, present participle bescrawling, simple past and past participle bescrawled)
  1. (transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bescrawl-en-verb-XiTq7BEL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bescrawl meaning in English (1.3kB)

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