Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

becue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-cue
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make fast a rope to an anchor, used when anchored over a rocky bottom, so as to allow the anchor to be hoisted from its flukes to escape an entrapment on the bottom.

Inflected Forms

becues (present, singular) becuing (participle, present) becued (participle, past) becued (past)

Questions

What does becue mean?
To make fast a rope to an anchor, used when anchored over a rocky bottom, so as to allow the anchor to be hoisted from its flukes to escape an entrapment on the bottom.

How to pronounce becue

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