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Doughed vs Boughed - What's the difference?

doughed | boughed |

As a verb doughed

is (dough).

As an adjective boughed is

having (a specified kind of) boughs.

doughed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dough)

    • dough

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
    • Pizza dough is very stretchy.
  • (slang) Money.
    • His mortgage payments left him short on dough .

    Derived terms

    * doughboy * doughnut * doughy * rolling in dough

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into dough.
    • The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

    Derived terms

    *

    boughed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
    • high-boughed hedges