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bedunging

bedunging is the present participle and gerund of bedung.

Meaning of bedung

Verb

bedung (third-person singular simple present bedungs, present participle bedunging, simple past and past participle bedunged)

  1. (transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
  2. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To bedaub or defile.
    • […] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror.1649, Bishop Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience

Questions about bedunging

What is bedunging the present participle and gerund of?
Bedunging is the present participle and gerund of bedung.

Words near bedunging in the dictionary

  1. bedunced
  2. bedunces
  3. beduncing
  4. bedung
  5. bedunged
  6. bedunging
  7. bedungs
  8. bedurst
  9. Bedus
  10. bedust
  11. bedusted

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