Meaning

1 senses

  1. To press the crust into the filling during baking, to allow the juices to caramelize on top.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Her clothes were clean but dowdy.

    ruЕё одежда была чистой, но безвкусной. — odexed

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Origin

First appears c. 1581. Origin uncertain, probably literally "little poorly dressed woman,"

First appears c. 1581. Origin uncertain, probably literally "little poorly dressed woman," formed from doue, "poorly dressed woman". Possibly also related to the Scots dow, meaning to "fade".

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Forms

dowdies, dowdying, dowdied, dowdied
Base formdowdy · to dowdy
3rd person singulardowdies
Present participledowdying
Past simpledowdied
Past participledowdied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydowdy
he, she, itdowdies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdowdied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dowdied
he, she, ithas dowdied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dowdy

Word family

3 related words
Deriveddowdy upfiggy-dowdypandowdy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doveB2dovetaildowdownA1
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