Meaning

1 senses
  1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

    ferkeln

    пороси́тьсяporosítʹsja, опороси́тьсяoporosítʹsja

    give birth to (piglets)

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
give birth to (a litter of piglets):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
give birth to (a litter of piglets):

Origin

From Middle English farwen, from the noun.

From Middle English farwen, from the noun.

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Forms

farrows, farrowing, farrowed, farrowed
Base formfarrow · to farrow
3rd person singularfarrows
Present participlefarrowing
Past simplefarrowed
Past participlefarrowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfarrow
he, she, itfarrows

Past simpleLesson

all personsfarrowed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill farrow

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • give birth to (piglets):pig

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfarrowing
Derivedunfarrowed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
farrow — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto