flitch
flitch · flitches · flitched · flitching
To cut into, or off in, flitches or stripsTo cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
/flɪtʃ/
Meaning
1 sensesTo cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
to flitch logs
to flitch bacon
Origin
From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from PFrom Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.
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Forms
flitches, flitching, flitched, flitchedLessons 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.