birch
noun
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
birched
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past participleof birch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof birch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
birchnounany tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
Example Sentences
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If this be true, I feel sure that Mr. Urban's stars glistened on eucalyptical roses whilst potted canopied moonlit sprays birched on every garden of gauze.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Great-Grandfather birched Grandfather for sneaking into the hayloft with a yellow, blue and green wrapped copy of Deadwood Dick on Deck, worrywarts have viewed U.S. reading habits with alarm.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Britain, by long tradition the novelist cuts his teeth on the old school in order to bite the hand that birched him, but the school novel is a comparative rarity in U.S. letters.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Eton, a great deal of Snobbishness was thrashed out of Lord Buckram, and he was birched with perfect impartiality.
From The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray
During this time two boys were birched by the queen's orders, and an officer was sent out to inquire why the watch he had given her did not go.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
