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agglutinating

agglutinating is the present participle and gerund of agglutinate.

Meaning of agglutinate

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

  1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
    • This is a medicine, and hath a mud of that nature, that it both agglutinateth and hardneth that whereupon it is applied.1614, Seneca the Younger, chapter 20, in Thomas Lodge, transl., Of Natvrall Qvestions, Book 3, page 817
  2. (intransitive) To form clusters or lumps; to clump.
    • It is […] a strong and valuable coal which does not agglutinate in burning.1856, J. W. Foster, Report upon the Mineral Resources of the Illinois Central Railroad, page 13
  3. To form through agglutination.

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Questions about agglutinating

What is agglutinating the present participle and gerund of?
Agglutinating is the present participle and gerund of agglutinate.

Words near agglutinating in the dictionary

  1. agglutinant
  2. agglutinants
  3. agglutinate
  4. agglutinated
  5. agglutinates
  6. agglutinating
  7. agglutination
  8. agglutinations
  9. agglutinative
  10. agglutinatively
  11. agglutinativeness

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