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bowse

(bouz)

Variant of bouse.

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bowse

(baʊz)

(Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of bouse

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bowse

Past participle: bowsed
Gerund: bowsing

Imperative
bowse
bowse

Present
I bowse
you bowse
he/she/it bowses
we bowse
you bowse
they bowse

Preterite
I bowsed
you bowsed
he/she/it bowsed
we bowsed
you bowsed
they bowsed

Present Continuous
I am bowsing
you are bowsing
he/she/it is bowsing
we are bowsing
you are bowsing
they are bowsing

Present Perfect
I have bowsed
you have bowsed
he/she/it has bowsed
we have bowsed
you have bowsed
they have bowsed

Past Continuous
I was bowsing
you were bowsing
he/she/it was bowsing
we were bowsing
you were bowsing
they were bowsing

Past Perfect
I had bowsed
you had bowsed
he/she/it had bowsed
we had bowsed
you had bowsed
they had bowsed

Future
I will bowse
you will bowse
he/she/it will bowse
we will bowse
you will bowse
they will bowse

Future Perfect
I will have bowsed
you will have bowsed
he/she/it will have bowsed
we will have bowsed
you will have bowsed
they will have bowsed

Future Continuous
I will be bowsing
you will be bowsing
he/she/it will be bowsing
we will be bowsing
you will be bowsing
they will be bowsing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bowsing
you have been bowsing
he/she/it has been bowsing
we have been bowsing
you have been bowsing
they have been bowsing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bowsing
you will have been bowsing
he/she/it will have been bowsing
we will have been bowsing
you will have been bowsing
they will have been bowsing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bowsing
you had been bowsing
he/she/it had been bowsing
we had been bowsing
you had been bowsing
they had been bowsing

Conditional
I would bowse
you would bowse
he/she/it would bowse
we would bowse
you would bowse
they would bowse

Past Conditional
I would have bowsed
you would have bowsed
he/she/it would have bowsed
we would have bowsed
you would have bowsed
they would have bowsed

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Verb

bowse - haul with a tackle

bouse

cart, haul, drag, hale - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

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