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backsetting

backsetting is the present participle and gerund of backset.

Meaning of backset

Verb

backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)

  1. (US, Western, especially) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

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Questions about backsetting

What is backsetting the present participle and gerund of?
Backsetting is the present participle and gerund of backset.

Words near backsetting in the dictionary

  1. backsell
  2. backselling
  3. backsells
  4. backset
  5. backsets
  6. backsetting
  7. backsettler
  8. backsettlers
  9. backsey
  10. backseys
  11. backshadow

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