"blesh" meaning in English

See blesh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /blɛʃ/ Forms: bleshes [present, singular, third-person], bleshing [participle, present], bleshed [participle, past], bleshed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: From Middle English blesshen, bleschen, blessen, blissen, probably from Middle Dutch blesschen, blusschen, blisscen (“to quench, extinguish”). Cognate with Dutch blussen (“to quench, extinguish”), Low German bluschen (“to quench, extinguish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blesshen}} Middle English blesshen, {{der|en|dum|blesschen}} Middle Dutch blesschen, {{cog|nl|blussen||to quench, extinguish}} Dutch blussen (“to quench, extinguish”), {{cog|nds|bluschen||to quench, extinguish}} Low German bluschen (“to quench, extinguish”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} blesh (third-person singular simple present bleshes, present participle bleshing, simple past and past participle bleshed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To quench; extinguish; put out (a fire, flame, etc.). Tags: obsolete, transitive

Download JSON data for blesh meaning in English (2.1kB)

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