"goam" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goams [present, singular, third-person], goaming [participle, present], goamed [participle, past], goamed [past]
Etymology: Variant of gorm/gaum, which see for more. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gorm}} gorm, {{m|en|gaum}} gaum Head templates: {{en-verb}} goam (third-person singular simple present goams, present participle goaming, simple past and past participle goamed)
  1. (rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of. Tags: rare Related terms: gorm (english: gape, gawk), gaum (english: understand; comprehend; consider)
    Sense id: en-goam-en-verb-k6ahMNmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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