bedung
bedung · bedungs · bedunged · bedunging
To cover with dung or manureTo cover with dung or manure.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To cover with dung or manure.
(figuratively, sometimes, transitive)To bedaub or defile.
Origin
From Middle English bidungen, bydyngen, from Old English *bedynġan, from Proto-West GermanFrom Middle English bidungen, bydyngen, from Old English *bedynġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidungijan, equivalent to be- + dung. Cognate with West Frisian bedongje (“to bedung”), Dutch bedongen (“to bedung”), German bedüngen (“to bedung”).
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Forms
bedungs, bedunging, bedunged, bedungedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle