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beskirting

beskirting is the present participle and gerund of beskirt.

Meaning of beskirt

Verb

beskirt (third-person singular simple present beskirts, present participle beskirting, simple past and past participle beskirted)

  1. (transitive) To border; lie on the outskirts of.
    • Pitrodie's woods beskirt the feet Of heath-clad Ben-na-chie, And through their shade the breezes fleet, And hum from tree to tree.1892, J.Y. Mather, Poems

Questions about beskirting

What is beskirting the present participle and gerund of?
Beskirting is the present participle and gerund of beskirt.

Words near beskirting in the dictionary

  1. besitten
  2. besitting
  3. Beskids
  4. beskirt
  5. beskirted
  6. beskirting
  7. beskirts
  8. beskozyrka
  9. beskozyrkas
  10. beskozyrki
  11. beslabber

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