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escarpenUK
es·carp E0208900 (ĭ-skärp′)n.1. A steep slope or cliff; an escarpment.2. The inner wall of a ditch or trench dug around a fortification.tr.v. es·carped, es·carp·ing, es·carps 1. To cause to form a steep slope.2. To furnish with an escarp. [French escarpe, from Italian scarpa; see scarp.]escarp (ɪˈskɑːp) n (Fortifications) fortifications the inner side of the ditch separating besiegers and besieged. Compare counterscarpvb (Physical Geography) a rare word for scarp3[C17: from French escarpe; see scarp]es•carp (ɪˈskɑrp) n. 1. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart. 2. any similar steep slope. [1680–90; < French, Middle French escarpe < Italian scarpa < Germanic; see scarp] escarp Past participle: escarped Gerund: escarping
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I escarp | you escarp | he/she/it escarps | we escarp | you escarp | they escarp |
Preterite |
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I escarped | you escarped | he/she/it escarped | we escarped | you escarped | they escarped |
Present Continuous |
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I am escarping | you are escarping | he/she/it is escarping | we are escarping | you are escarping | they are escarping |
Present Perfect |
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I have escarped | you have escarped | he/she/it has escarped | we have escarped | you have escarped | they have escarped |
Past Continuous |
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I was escarping | you were escarping | he/she/it was escarping | we were escarping | you were escarping | they were escarping |
Past Perfect |
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I had escarped | you had escarped | he/she/it had escarped | we had escarped | you had escarped | they had escarped |
Future |
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I will escarp | you will escarp | he/she/it will escarp | we will escarp | you will escarp | they will escarp |
Future Perfect |
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I will have escarped | you will have escarped | he/she/it will have escarped | we will have escarped | you will have escarped | they will have escarped |
Future Continuous |
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I will be escarping | you will be escarping | he/she/it will be escarping | we will be escarping | you will be escarping | they will be escarping |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been escarping | you have been escarping | he/she/it has been escarping | we have been escarping | you have been escarping | they have been escarping |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been escarping | you will have been escarping | he/she/it will have been escarping | we will have been escarping | you will have been escarping | they will have been escarping |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been escarping | you had been escarping | he/she/it had been escarping | we had been escarping | you had been escarping | they had been escarping |
Conditional |
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I would escarp | you would escarp | he/she/it would escarp | we would escarp | you would escarp | they would escarp |
Past Conditional |
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I would have escarped | you would have escarped | he/she/it would have escarped | we would have escarped | you would have escarped | they would have escarped | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | escarp - a steep artificial slope in front of a fortificationprotective embankment, scarp, escarpmentfortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
escarpenUK Related to escarp: In esseSynonyms for escarpnoun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortificationSynonyms- protective embankment
- scarp
- escarpment
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