betrunk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- (off, away) +‎ trunk.

Verb[edit]

betrunk (third-person singular simple present betrunks, present participle betrunking, simple past and past participle betrunked)

  1. (transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.