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birch

/bɝt͡ʃ/ verb C2
  1. To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. (transitive)
  2. To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. (transitive)

He/she/it birches · Past birched · Past participle birched · -ing form birching

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Verb forms

Base form
birch
He/she/it
birches
Past
birched
Past participle
birched
-ing form
birching

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But Diana named the Birch Path.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 106 · C1
She wanted to, so I let her; but I’m sure I could have found something more poetical than plain Birch Path.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 106 · C1
But the Birch Path is one of the prettiest places in the world, Marilla.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 106 · C1
But if you’ll take my advice--which I suppose you won’t do, although I’ve brought up ten children and buried two--you’ll do that ‘talking to’ you mention with a fair-sized birch switch.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 67 · C1

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