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balming

balming is the present participle and gerund of balm.

Meaning of balm

Verb

balm (third-person singular simple present balms, present participle balming, simple past and past participle balmed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
    • Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!c. 1607–1608, William Shakespeare, George] [Wilkins, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act 3, scene 2, lines 63–64
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To soothe; to mitigate.
    • This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinewsc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6, line 96

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Questions about balming

What is balming the present participle and gerund of?
Balming is the present participle and gerund of balm.

Words near balming in the dictionary

  1. balmify
  2. balmifying
  3. Balmikism
  4. balmily
  5. balminess
  6. balming
  7. balmless
  8. balmlike
  9. balmoral
  10. Balmoral chicken
  11. balmoralities

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