blatch
blatch · blatches · blatched · blatching
To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coalTo blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
Origin
From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.From Middle English blacchen, from the noun above.
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Forms
blatches, blatching, blatched, blatchedWord family
1 related wordsRelatedbletch
Lessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.