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verb · transitive

bletch

bletch · bletches · bletched · bletching

To blacken; to dirty or soilTo blacken; to dirty or soil.

/blɛt͡ʃ/

Meaning

1 senses

(dialectal)To blacken; to dirty or soil.

Origin

Probably a blend of bleck + blatch.

Probably a blend of bleck + blatch.

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Forms

bletches, bletching, bletched, bletched

Base form	bletch · to bletch
3rd person singular	bletches
Present participle	bletching
Past simple	bletched
Past participle	bletched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bletch
he, she, it	bletches

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bletched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bletched
he, she, it	has bletched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bletch

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 dictionary

blessB1 blessingB1 blet blightC2 blike blimey

Dictionary 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.

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