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tawse
tawse or taws T0062875 (tôz)pl.n. Chiefly Scots 1. A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.2. A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: "Solider Aristotle played the taws / Upon the bottom of a king of kings" (William Butler Yeats). [From taw.]tawse (tɔːz) or tawsn (Education) a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteachervb (Education) to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip[C16: probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see taw2]tawse Past participle: tawsed Gerund: tawsing
Present |
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I tawse | you tawse | he/she/it tawses | we tawse | you tawse | they tawse |
Preterite |
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I tawsed | you tawsed | he/she/it tawsed | we tawsed | you tawsed | they tawsed |
Present Continuous |
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I am tawsing | you are tawsing | he/she/it is tawsing | we are tawsing | you are tawsing | they are tawsing |
Present Perfect |
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I have tawsed | you have tawsed | he/she/it has tawsed | we have tawsed | you have tawsed | they have tawsed |
Past Continuous |
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I was tawsing | you were tawsing | he/she/it was tawsing | we were tawsing | you were tawsing | they were tawsing |
Past Perfect |
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I had tawsed | you had tawsed | he/she/it had tawsed | we had tawsed | you had tawsed | they had tawsed |
Future |
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I will tawse | you will tawse | he/she/it will tawse | we will tawse | you will tawse | they will tawse |
Future Perfect |
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I will have tawsed | you will have tawsed | he/she/it will have tawsed | we will have tawsed | you will have tawsed | they will have tawsed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be tawsing | you will be tawsing | he/she/it will be tawsing | we will be tawsing | you will be tawsing | they will be tawsing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been tawsing | you have been tawsing | he/she/it has been tawsing | we have been tawsing | you have been tawsing | they have been tawsing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been tawsing | you will have been tawsing | he/she/it will have been tawsing | we will have been tawsing | you will have been tawsing | they will have been tawsing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been tawsing | you had been tawsing | he/she/it had been tawsing | we had been tawsing | you had been tawsing | they had been tawsing |
Conditional |
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I would tawse | you would tawse | he/she/it would tawse | we would tawse | you would tawse | they would tawse |
Past Conditional |
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I would have tawsed | you would have tawsed | he/she/it would have tawsed | we would have tawsed | you would have tawsed | they would have tawsed | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | tawse - a leather strap for punishing childrenstrap - whip consisting of a strip of leather used in floggingScotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts |
tawse
tawse, taws Chiefly Scot a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher tawse Related to tawse: LCBOWords related to tawsenoun a leather strap for punishing childrenRelated Words |