willow
/ˈwɪloʊ/ verb C2- To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
- To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.
He/she/it willows · Past willowed · Past participle willowed · -ing form willowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- willow
- He/she/it
- willows
- Past
- willowed
- Past participle
- willowed
- -ing form
- willowing
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First of all Carrie Sloane dared Ruby Gillis to climb to a certain point in the huge old willow tree before the front door; which Ruby Gillis, albeit in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and with the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress, nimbly did, to the discomfiture of the aforesaid Carrie Sloane.
Monte Cristo looked for the entrance to the enclosure, and was not long in finding a little wooden gate, working on willow hinges, and fastened with a nail and string.
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