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bedecking

bedecking is the present participle and gerund of bedeck.

Meaning of bedeck

Verb

bedeck (third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)

  1. (transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn
    • She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.
  2. (transitive) to grace.

Noun

bedecking (plural bedeckings)

  1. An ornament.
    • He has titles enough to greatness, without borrowing plumes from the gratuitous bedeckings of prurient writers.1856, Charles Edwards Lester, Edwin Williams, The Napoleon Dynasty: Or, the History of the Bonaparte Family

Forms of bedecking

pluralbedeckings

Questions about bedecking

What does bedecking mean?
Bedecking means an ornament.
What is bedecking the present participle and gerund of?
Bedecking is the present participle and gerund of bedeck.
What part of speech is bedecking?
Bedecking is a noun.
What is the plural of bedecking?
The plural of bedecking is bedeckings.

Words near bedecking in the dictionary

  1. bedeck
  2. bedecked
  3. bedecker
  4. bedeckers
  5. bedecketh
  6. bedecking
  7. bedeckings
  8. bedecks
  9. bedeem
  10. bedeen
  11. bedegar

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