"tarten" meaning in English

See tarten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tartens [present, singular, third-person], tartening [participle, present], tartened [participle, past], tartened [past]
Etymology: From tart + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tart|en|id2=inchoative}} tart + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} tarten (third-person singular simple present tartens, present participle tartening, simple past and past participle tartened)
  1. (transitive) To make tart or bitter Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tarten-en-verb-yLQycgGY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50
  2. (intransitive) To become tart or bitter Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-tarten-en-verb-KEVbuyj9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tarten meaning in English (2.7kB)

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