"bewave" meaning in English

See bewave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bewaves [present, singular, third-person], bewaving [participle, present], bewaved [participle, past], bewaved [past]
Etymology: From Middle English biweven, biwǣven, from Old English bewǣfan (“to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|biweven}} Middle English biweven, {{inh|en|ang|bewǣfan||to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe}} Old English bewǣfan (“to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewave (third-person singular simple present bewaves, present participle bewaving, simple past and past participle bewaved)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To shield; hide. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-bewave-en-verb-oz6HA0hY Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Middle English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 23 6 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 24 26 20 30 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 25 6 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 4 34
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To lay wait for; overpower by means of some base stratagem. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-bewave-en-verb-Lj1Riao0 Categories (other): Scottish English, 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: 36 23 6 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 24 26 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 25 6 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 4 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: bewaves [present, singular, third-person], bewaving [participle, present], bewaved [participle, past], bewaved [past]
Etymology: From be- + wave. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|wave}} be- + wave Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewave (third-person singular simple present bewaves, present participle bewaving, simple past and past participle bewaved)
  1. (intransitive) To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bewave-en-verb-MprfG3dI Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 24 26 20 30
  2. (intransitive, Scotland) To wander or waver. Tags: Scotland, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bewave-en-verb-ZiuT2-8v Categories (other): Scottish English, 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: 36 23 6 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 24 26 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 25 6 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 4 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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