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verb · transitive · rare

tawse

tawse · tawses · tawsed · tawsing

To beat with a tawseTo beat with a tawse.

/tɔːz/

Meaning

1 senses

(Scotland)To beat with a tawse.

Origin

Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.

Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.

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Forms

tawses, tawsing, tawsed, tawsed

Base form	tawse · to tawse
3rd person singular	tawses
Present participle	tawsing
Past simple	tawsed
Past participle	tawsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tawse
he, she, it	tawses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tawsed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tawse

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

tavern tawny taxB1 taxable

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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