"bewhine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bewhines [present, singular, third-person], bewhining [participle, present], bewhined [participle, past], bewhined [past]
Etymology: From be- + whine. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|be-|whine}} be- + whine Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewhine (third-person singular simple present bewhines, present participle bewhining, simple past and past participle bewhined)
  1. (transitive) To whine about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewhine-en-verb-eORjv~W4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bewhine meaning in English (1.9kB)

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