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beetrooting

beetrooting is the present participle and gerund of beetroot.

Meaning of beetroot

Verb

beetroot (third-person singular simple present beetroots, present participle beetrooting, simple past and past participle beetrooted)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To turn a bright red or purple color.
    • He straightened up as a spring, beetrooted to the root of his pale hair, and answered wildly, "Ki-Ki-Kan!" I backed prudently towards the door, still keeping that indulgent but firm expression no one sees on the face of warders in lunatic asylums.1919, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 108, page 356

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Questions about beetrooting

What is beetrooting the present participle and gerund of?
Beetrooting is the present participle and gerund of beetroot.

Words near beetrooting in the dictionary

  1. beetroot juice
  2. beetroot juices
  3. beetroot red
  4. beetroot-red
  5. beetrooted
  6. beetrooting
  7. beetrootish
  8. beetroots
  9. beetrooty
  10. beets
  11. beeturia

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