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bealing

bealing is the present participle and gerund of beal.

Meaning of beal

Verb (1)

beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Scotland, Western, dialectal) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

Verb (2)

beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To bellow, roar, or shout.

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Questions about bealing

What is bealing the present participle and gerund of?
Bealing is the present participle and gerund of beal.

Words near bealing in the dictionary

  1. bealed
  2. Bealer
  3. Bealers
  4. Bealey
  5. Bealiba
  6. bealing
  7. Bealings
  8. Beall
  9. beallach
  10. beallachs
  11. Bealls

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