plaw

P3L1A1W4

verb

To boil; seethe.

“give meat a plaw”

OriginMiddle English plawen ← Old English plagian →
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Meanings

verbplaw (third-person singular simple present plaws, present participle plawing, simple past and past participle plawed)

present singular third person plaws · participle present plawing · participle past plawed · past plawed · alternative play

  1. intransitiveTo boil; seethe.
  2. UKdialectaltransitiveTo boil; boil slightly; parboil.
nounplaw (plural plaws)

plural plaws · alternative play

  1. A boiling.

    give meat a plaw

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boil

Origin

  1. Old Englishplagian
  2. Middle Englishplawen
  3. Englishplaw

From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plaw

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Anagrams

pawlWalp
Cite this entry
APA

plaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaw

MLA

“plaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaw. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaw.

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