birch

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Birch trees Betula pendula (1)

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From Old English birce, bierce, beorc; cognate with West Frisian bjirk, Dutch berk, German Birke, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjerk.

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Singular
birch

Plural
birches

birch (plural birches)

  1. any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the northern hemisphere.
  2. a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  3. a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.

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Infinitive
to birch

Third person singular
birches

Simple past
birched

Past participle
birched

Present participle
birching

to birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)

  1. to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

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