gown
/ˈɡaʊ̯n/ verb C2- To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
He/she/it gowns · Past gowned · Past participle gowned · -ing form gowning
Verb forms
- Base form
- gown
- He/she/it
- gowns
- Past
- gowned
- Past participle
- gowned
- -ing form
- gowning
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The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room.
The hats of the men were blue; the little woman’s hat was white, and she wore a white gown that hung in pleats from her shoulders.
The chickens will become ready for the market when poultry will fetch the highest price, so that by the end of the year I shall have money enough from my share to buy a new gown.
“And ample for us both,” said Holmes, as he sprang up and hastened to change from his dressing gown to his coat.
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