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attiring

attiring is the present participle and gerund of attire.

Meaning of attire

Verb

attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)

  1. (transitive) To clothe or adorn.
    • We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
    Synonyms:
    dight, don, dress

See all 3 meanings of attire

Noun

attiring (plural attirings)

  1. ornamentation
    • Near to the widow, or rather loop-hole, heaped up in a most picturesque attitude of disorder, lay a score or two of rusty helmets, their grim attirings mostly broken and disjointed.1827, John Roby, The Children of Ravendale

Forms of attiring

pluralattirings

Words that rhyme with attiring

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Questions about attiring

What does attiring mean?
Attiring means ornamentation.
What is attiring the present participle and gerund of?
Attiring is the present participle and gerund of attire.
What part of speech is attiring?
Attiring is a noun.
What is the plural of attiring?
The plural of attiring is attirings.

Words near attiring in the dictionary

  1. attirer
  2. attirers
  3. attires
  4. attirest
  5. attireth
  6. attiring
  7. attirings
  8. Attis
  9. Attisha
  10. Attishas
  11. attitude

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